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Jessie Mary Carter
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Educator.
Born at Dublin, Ireland in 1882, she was educated at private schools in Dublin and Germany. She graduated from the University of Leeds and undertook post-graduate work at the University of Caen, where she earned honours in Modern Languages (French and German) and completed her teaching diploma in 1916. She taught Modern Languages at a Secondary School at Ramsgate, England, and served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during the First World War, in the British Admiralty War Office.
Following the war, she taught at the Skinnner’s Companys’ School for Girls at Stamford Hill (?-1921) and left for Canada in 1921. She settled at Calgary, Alberta, where she taught and was Vice-Principal of St. Hilda’s School for Girls (1921-1934) before moving to Winnipeg as Principal of the Riverbend School for Girls (1934-1950). After the establishment of Balmoral Hall, she became Dean at the Ontario Ladies' College at Whitby, Ontario where she remained until retirement in 1960.
She died at Kingston, Ontario in 1984.
“Miss Mary Carter appointed to the Principalship of Riverbend School for Girls,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 June 1934, page 9.
Balmoral Hall: 1901-2001 by Murray Peterson, 2001, page 43.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 March 2024
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