Eva Adams (September 10, 1908 – August 23, 1991) was an American government official who was the Director of the United States Mint from 1961 to 1969.

[2] During Eva's childhood, the Adams family moved around the state often as her father was called out to work to set up numerous facilities in mining camps for Wingfield.

Due to the frequent re-locating in her early years she learned independence and how to make friends easily, and adapted to be happy wherever she was.

[4] Reno; shortly thereafter, McCarran, by now United States Senator for Nevada, invited her to move to Washington, D.C. to become his Administrative Assistant.

[6] In 1983, she was quoted at a reception to honour the publishing of her oral history, “you know, in my day in Washington, a woman administrative assistant was expected to: Dress like a queen, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a dog.”[2] During Ms. Adams' service as a female secretary, society kept women to such gender stereotypes.

This was primarily because President Nixon put pressure on Adams to leave, since he wanted a Republican as the director.

During this time, she was also named director of the Medallic Art Company of New York City and served on the American Numismatic Association board of governors from 1971 to 1975.