Mary Frances Ames



Mary Francis Ames, born Mary Frances Leslie Miller, authored and illustrated children's books as Ernest Ames or Mrs. Ernest Ames. Her books include An ABC, for Baby Patriots (1899), which was used for teaching children the alphabet, and illustrating The Tremendous Twins or How the Boers Were Beaten (1900) and ''Really and Truly! Or, the Century for Babes'' to accompany text written by her husband Ernest Ames. Books by Mrs. Ernest Ames are taught as examples of imperialism and colonialism in literature classes, and cited as such elsewhere.