Alberta Virginia Scott
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Alberta Virginia Scott (c. 1875 — August 30, 1902) was an American educator. She was the first African-American graduate of Radcliffe College, in 1898.
Alberta Virginia Scott was born near Richmond, Virginia. Her mother worked as a cook.[1] She raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where her family moved when she was six years old. Her family were members of the historic Union Baptist Church in Cambridge.[2] Scott attended Allston School (finishing in 1889)[3] and then Cambridge Latin School, graduating with the class of 1894.[4]
In 1898, Alberta Virginia Scott became the first African-American graduate of Radcliffe College.[5][6]
Career
Alberta Scott planned for a career in teaching.[7] She taught in Indianapolis and, briefly, at Tuskegee Institute after graduating from Radcliffe.[8]
