Alberta Virginia Scott

[4] In 1898, Alberta Virginia Scott became the first African-American graduate of Radcliffe College.

[7] She taught in Indianapolis and, briefly, at Tuskegee Institute after graduating from Radcliffe.

[8] Alberta Scott died in 1902, in Cambridge, aged 26 years after a 16 month illness attributed to overwork and grief after the loss of her father.

[9] "Her death cuts off what should have been a useful and creditable life of work among those of her race," concluded an obituary in a Cambridge newspaper.

[10] The Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) offers an Alberta V. Scott Mentorship Program, named in her honor.