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Ada Ward was an English actress and singer who became a star in Australia in the 1870s, and later worked in the United States. She caused a sensation in 1897 by leaving the stage and joining the Salvation Army as a preacher and going on to work in the slums of London.

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1. "New York". Chicago Daily Tribune. 5 May 1878.
2. Mahlstick (1883). Bohemia. Metropolitan Printing Co.
3. "Miss Ada Ward: An Actress at the Penitent fdorm". The Brisbane Courier. 13 April 1897. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
4. "A Pretty Actress Renounces the Stage Forever". Los Angeles Times. 3 March 1897. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

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