Harry F. Ward
American Christian socialist leader (1873–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Harry Frederick Ward Jr.[lower-alpha 1] (15 October 1873 – 9 December 1966) was an English-born American Methodist minister and political activist who identified himself with the movement for Christian socialism, best remembered as first national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from its creation in 1920 until his resignation in protest of the organization's decision to bar communists in 1940.[12][13]
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Born | Harry Frederick Ward, Jr. (1873-10-15)October 15, 1873 |
Died | December 9, 1966(1966-12-09) (aged 93) Fort Lee, New Jersey, US |
Known for | Serving as founding chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union |
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Daisy Kendall (m. 1899) |
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Religion | Christianity (Methodist) |
Church | Methodist Episcopal Church[1] |
Ordained | 1902[2] |
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Discipline | Philosophy |
Sub-discipline | Ethics |
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Institutions | Union Theological Seminary |
Main interests | Social ethics[7] |
Influenced | J. King Gordon[8] |
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