Mary McKay Scott

Mary McKay Scott was born in Ottawa, Canada, then called Bytown, on August 17, 1851. and Bute House, a private school in Montreal. Abbie M. Harmon of Ottawa and Annie M. Mcintosh of Montreal were two of her teachers. While a schoolgirl in Montreal, she attended Lord Cecil's revival services, which changed the course of her life. ==Career==

For more than 24 years, Scott worked as a civil servant, including for the Ministry of home affairs. She heard Frances Willard in Boston, in 1877, for the first time, but did not listen attentively. In 1882, she attended the Ottawa Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) annual meeting, when Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley presided as chairman. Scott 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 those related to the work of young women. These office included Dominion Superintendent, Young Woman's WCTU; custodian, Dominion WCTU's Literature Depository; and WCTU press superintendent. For nine years after that, Her literary work included stories and descriptions of travel for Canadian papers. Scott taught at the Kitchen Garden on the kindergarten plan. For 30 years, she worked as a Sunday school teacher at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. She was engaged in other church work as well. Later, she joined the Chalmers United Church. ==Death and legacy==

She made her home in Ottawa, Some of Scott's writings are held in the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa (WCHSO) collections by the Historical Society of Ottawa. ==References==