Edith Mai Padmore, née Wiles, (August 20, 1916 – July 3, 1988) was a Liberian politician.
She was the daughter of Richard Wiles, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia, and Mai Grimes, sister of Louis Arthur Grimes, a Chief Justice of Liberia.
[2] Her father's mother was Vai and her other grandparents were from the West Indies.
She was educated at the Trinity Parish School and the College of West Africa, where she graduated at the top of her class in 1934[1] or 1935.
[2] President William Tolbert appointed Padmore as Minister of Health and Welfare on January 11, 1972.