From Centro studi libertari - Archivio G. Pinelli
Bulletin #63
Harriet Ruth Ward passed away on July 14th. We were bound to her by a long-standing relationship of friendship and collaboration; together with her partner, Colin Ward (1924-2010), she was a fundamental presence and reference for our cultural activities. Born in 1930 to Dora Black, a feminist and socialist author and militant, and Griffin Barry, an American journalist to whom she would dedicate an extraordinary memoir (A Man of Small Importance: My Father Griffin Barry, Dormouse Books, 2003), Harriet grew up in the progressive Beacon Hill school founded by her mother and Bertrand Russell, then husband and wife. She later devoted herself to teaching, applying in practice the innovative ideas about education developed with Colin.