[1] She grew up with her future husband, William Kerr Scott, attending school, church, and community activities together.

[2] Scott began teaching a year before she attended college, in order to earn money to pay for her tuition.

[1] Upon completing her teacher training courses at the State Normal and Industrial College, she taught at Woodlawn School in Alamance County.

[1] After the North Carolina General Assembly approved a budget of $50,000 for mansion renovations, Scott hired a committee of architects from the State College's School of Design to update the kitchen, repair the leaking roof, and replace exterior woodwork on the house.

[1] Scott also oversaw the refurbishing of draperies, carpets, and furniture with the consultation of the interior decorator Anna Riddick.

[1] The Scotts moved into a suite at the Carroll Arms Hotel in Washington, D.C.[1] She attended senate meetings, listening from the galleries to learn more about governance and national politics.

[1] While in Washington, D.C., Scott hosted constituents and even the elders and deacons of their North Carolina church in the U.S. Senate dining room.

[1][2] Scott was named Woman of the Year by The Progressive Farmer in 1949 and by the State Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry in 1951.

[1] The Winston-Salem Journal wrote in 1972 that Scott's "spirit and energy made her exceptional at a time when the world of politics considered most women ornamental.

[1] She often hosted friends, family members, and her husband's business associates for dinners at their farmhouse in Hawfields, North Carolina.

[1] In her will, she left 62 acres of land to Hawfields Presbyterian Church to be used for building a nursing home and homeless shelter.