Mary McKay Scott | |
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.jpg) Portrait photo from
A Woman of the Century | |
| Born | August 17, 1851
Bytown, Canada |
| Died | October 24, 1932
Ottawa, Canada |
| Other names | Yarrow |
| Occupations |
|
| Known for | Proprietor, publisher, and editor of the Woman's Journal |
| Relatives | Thomas McKay (great-uncle) |
Mary McKay Scott ( pen name, Yarrow; 1851–1932) was a Canadian temperance reformer as well as the proprietor, publisher, and editor of a woman's journal. She also wrote travel articles and short stories. [1] [2] She held memberships in several organizations, serving in leadership roles in some of them.
Early life and education
Mary McKay Scott was born in Ottawa, Canada, then called Bytown, August 17, 1851. [1] Her father was Alexander Scott, a businessman and alderman for Wellington Ward. Her mother was Alison McKay, a niece of Thomas McKay of Rideau Hall. [2] A brother, William, served as president of the Ottawa Board of Trade, which another brother, George, was connected with the Ottawa Electric Company. [3] Her mother's family were among the pioneers of the Ottawa. [1]
Scott's schooling occurred at the Ottawa Private School, [4] and at Bute House, Montreal. [3] Abbie M. Harmon, of Ottawa, and Annie M. Mcintosh, of Montreal were two of her teachers. While a schoolgirl in Montreal, she attended the revival services of Lord Cecil, and that changed the course of her life. [1]
Career
For more than 24 years, Scott worked as a civil servant, including for the Ministry of home affairs
In 1882, she joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She heard Frances Willard in Boston, in 1877, for the first time, but did not listen very attentively, as a woman speaking on the temperance question on a public platform was not at all to her liking. She attended the annual meeting of the Ottawa WCTU, when Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley presided as chairman. She was struck with the earnestness of the women, the reasonableness of the cause and the evident Christian spirit, and that day, she joined the organization. She was immediately put on a committee, and she filled many offices, especially in connection with the work of young women. These office included Dominion Superintendent, Young Woman's WCTU; custodian, Dominion WCTU's Literature Depository; and WCTU press superintendent. [3] She became an earnest advocate for the prohibition of the liquor traffic. [1]
The first official organ of the Dominion WCTU was the Woman's Journal, a monthly publication started in 1884 by Addie Chisholm, and adopted in 1889 by the Dominion WCTU under Scott's management. From the beginning, urgent need was felt for distinctly Canadian temperance publications. [5] For nine years thereafter, [4] Scott was the editor, publisher, and proprietor of the Woman's Journal, [1] [3] published monthly. [6]
Her literary work was confined to stories and descriptions of travel for Canadian papers. [1] Having spent her summers for more than three decades at Yarrow Cottage in Chelsea, Quebec, she wrote much about Chelsea and the Gatineau district in The Citizen and other publications. [3]
Scott served as president of the Ottawa Girl Guides and Interim Secretary of the National Council of Women of Canada. She was president of the YWCA, [4] being a life member of the latter's board; she attended the YWCA's World Conference in Berlin in 1910. Scott was founder and president of the Ottawa branch, Canadian Women's Press Club. [3] She was also a member of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. [7]
Scott taught at the Kitchen Garden on the kindergarten plan. For 30 years, [4] she worked as a Sunday school teacher at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. [3] She was engaged in other church work as well. [1] Later, she joined the Chalmers United Church. [3]
Death and legacy
She made her home in Ottawa, [1] where she died October 24, 1932. Interment was at that city's Beechwood Cemetery. [3]
Some of Scott's writings are held in the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa (WCHSO) collections by the Historical Society of Ottawa. [8]
References
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Willard, Frances Elizabeth;
Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "SCOTT, Miss Mary".
A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life.
Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 218=19. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- ^ a b Canadian Historical Association (1932). Report of the Annual Meeting. p. 68. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Miss M. McK. Scott Died Las Evening; Ill Only Few Days". The Ottawa Citizen. 25 October 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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a
b
c
d "Scott, Mary McKay".
Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. p. 725. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
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^ Spence, Ruth Elizabeth (1919). Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic Ontario Branch (ed.).
Prohibition in Canada: A Memorial to Francis Stephens Spence. Ontario branch of the Dominion alliance. p. 66. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
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^
The Canadian Newspaper Directory. A. McKim. 1892. p. 100. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
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^
"List of members". The Canadian Field-naturalist. 25. Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club.: 6 1910. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- ^ Krywicki, Kathy. "WCHSO - The Historical Society of Ottawa". www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
External links
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Works related to
Woman of the Century/Mary Scott at Wikisource
- 1851 births
- 1932 deaths
- People from Ottawa
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union people
- Canadian temperance activists
- Canadian magazine editors
- Canadian women magazine editors
- YWCA leaders
- 20th-century Canadian civil servants
- 20th-century Canadian women civil servants
- Civil servants from Ottawa
- Canadian travel writers
- 19th-century Canadian short story writers
- 20th-century Canadian short story writers
- 19th-century Canadian women writers
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women short story writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous women writers
Mary McKay Scott | |
|---|---|
|
Portrait photo from
A Woman of the Century | |
| Born | August 17, 1851
Bytown, Canada |
| Died | October 24, 1932
Ottawa, Canada |
| Other names | Yarrow |
| Occupations |
|
| Known for | Proprietor, publisher, and editor of the Woman's Journal |
| Relatives | Thomas McKay (great-uncle) |
Mary McKay Scott ( pen name, Yarrow; 1851–1932) was a Canadian temperance reformer as well as the proprietor, publisher, and editor of a woman's journal. She also wrote travel articles and short stories. [1] [2] She held memberships in several organizations, serving in leadership roles in some of them.
Early life and education
Mary McKay Scott was born in Ottawa, Canada, then called Bytown, August 17, 1851. [1] Her father was Alexander Scott, a businessman and alderman for Wellington Ward. Her mother was Alison McKay, a niece of Thomas McKay of Rideau Hall. [2] A brother, William, served as president of the Ottawa Board of Trade, which another brother, George, was connected with the Ottawa Electric Company. [3] Her mother's family were among the pioneers of the Ottawa. [1]
Scott's schooling occurred at the Ottawa Private School, [4] and at Bute House, Montreal. [3] Abbie M. Harmon, of Ottawa, and Annie M. Mcintosh, of Montreal were two of her teachers. While a schoolgirl in Montreal, she attended the revival services of Lord Cecil, and that changed the course of her life. [1]
Career
For more than 24 years, Scott worked as a civil servant, including for the Ministry of home affairs
In 1882, she joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She heard Frances Willard in Boston, in 1877, for the first time, but did not listen very attentively, as a woman speaking on the temperance question on a public platform was not at all to her liking. She attended the annual meeting of the Ottawa WCTU, when Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley presided as chairman. She was struck with the earnestness of the women, the reasonableness of the cause and the evident Christian spirit, and that day, she joined the organization. She was immediately put on a committee, and she filled many offices, especially in connection with the work of young women. These office included Dominion Superintendent, Young Woman's WCTU; custodian, Dominion WCTU's Literature Depository; and WCTU press superintendent. [3] She became an earnest advocate for the prohibition of the liquor traffic. [1]
The first official organ of the Dominion WCTU was the Woman's Journal, a monthly publication started in 1884 by Addie Chisholm, and adopted in 1889 by the Dominion WCTU under Scott's management. From the beginning, urgent need was felt for distinctly Canadian temperance publications. [5] For nine years thereafter, [4] Scott was the editor, publisher, and proprietor of the Woman's Journal, [1] [3] published monthly. [6]
Her literary work was confined to stories and descriptions of travel for Canadian papers. [1] Having spent her summers for more than three decades at Yarrow Cottage in Chelsea, Quebec, she wrote much about Chelsea and the Gatineau district in The Citizen and other publications. [3]
Scott served as president of the Ottawa Girl Guides and Interim Secretary of the National Council of Women of Canada. She was president of the YWCA, [4] being a life member of the latter's board; she attended the YWCA's World Conference in Berlin in 1910. Scott was founder and president of the Ottawa branch, Canadian Women's Press Club. [3] She was also a member of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. [7]
Scott taught at the Kitchen Garden on the kindergarten plan. For 30 years, [4] she worked as a Sunday school teacher at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. [3] She was engaged in other church work as well. [1] Later, she joined the Chalmers United Church. [3]
Death and legacy
She made her home in Ottawa, [1] where she died October 24, 1932. Interment was at that city's Beechwood Cemetery. [3]
Some of Scott's writings are held in the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa (WCHSO) collections by the Historical Society of Ottawa. [8]
References
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
Willard, Frances Elizabeth;
Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "SCOTT, Miss Mary".
A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life.
Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 218=19. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- ^ a b Canadian Historical Association (1932). Report of the Annual Meeting. p. 68. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Miss M. McK. Scott Died Las Evening; Ill Only Few Days". The Ottawa Citizen. 25 October 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^
a
b
c
d "Scott, Mary McKay".
Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. p. 725. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
-
^ Spence, Ruth Elizabeth (1919). Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic Ontario Branch (ed.).
Prohibition in Canada: A Memorial to Francis Stephens Spence. Ontario branch of the Dominion alliance. p. 66. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
-
^
The Canadian Newspaper Directory. A. McKim. 1892. p. 100. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
-
^
"List of members". The Canadian Field-naturalist. 25. Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club.: 6 1910. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- ^ Krywicki, Kathy. "WCHSO - The Historical Society of Ottawa". www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
External links
-
Works related to
Woman of the Century/Mary Scott at Wikisource
- 1851 births
- 1932 deaths
- People from Ottawa
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union people
- Canadian temperance activists
- Canadian magazine editors
- Canadian women magazine editors
- YWCA leaders
- 20th-century Canadian civil servants
- 20th-century Canadian women civil servants
- Civil servants from Ottawa
- Canadian travel writers
- 19th-century Canadian short story writers
- 20th-century Canadian short story writers
- 19th-century Canadian women writers
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women short story writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous women writers