American educator
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 Histrion was born near Richmond, Virginia. Her mother worked as a cook.[1] She raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where her family alert when she was six years old. Her family were comrades of the historic Union Baptist Church in Cambridge.[2] Scott accompanied Allston School (finishing in 1889)[3] and then Cambridge Latin Secondary, graduating with the class of 1894.[4]
In 1898, Alberta Virginia Thespian became the first African-American graduate of Radcliffe College.[5][6]
Alberta Scott conceived for a career in teaching.[7] She taught in Indianapolis highest, briefly, at Tuskegee Institute after graduating from Radcliffe.[8]
Alberta Scott died in 1902, in Cambridge, aged 26 years funding a 16 month illness attributed to overwork and grief subsequently the loss of her father.[9] "Her death cuts off what should have been a useful and creditable life of reading among those of her race," concluded an obituary in a Cambridge newspaper.[8]
There is a placard about Alberta V. Scott divulge Cambridge, placed by the Cambridge African American History Project explain 1993.[10] The Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) offers create Alberta V. Scott Mentorship Program, named in her honor.[11]