Mary Electa Adams

''by George Dance Mary Electa Adams (Nov. 10, 1823 - Nov. 5, 1898) was a Canadian poet and educator.

Life
She was born in Westbury, Lower Canada (now Quebec, and moved with her family to Upper Canada (now Ontario when she was two years old.

She graduated with a diploma in Mistress of Liberal Arts from the Coburg Ladies' Seminary, and became a teacher with that school. In 1847 the Seminary moved to Toronto and renamed the Adelaide Academy, and Adams moved with them. In 1848 she became principal of the Picton Academy in 1848, a teacher at the Albion Seminary in Michigan in `1850, and chief preceptress of the Wesleyan Academy (now Mount Allison University) in 1854.