Alberta Virginia Scott (c. 1875 — August 30, 1902) was an American educator. She was the first African-American graduate of Radcliffe College, in 1898. Early life Alberta Virginia Scott was born near Richmond, Virginia, and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where her family moved when she was a little girl. Her family were members of the historic Union Baptist Church in Cambridge. Alberta attended Allston School (finishing in 1889) and then Cambridge Latin School, graduating with the class of 1894. In 1898, Alberta Virginia Scott became the first African-American graduate of Radcliffe College. Career Alberta Scott planned for a career in teaching. She taught in Indianapolis and, briefly, at Tuskegee Institute after graduating from Radcliffe. Personal life 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. "Her death cuts off what should have been a useful and creditable life of work among those of her race," concluded the obituary in a Cambridge newspaper. There is a placard about Alberta V. Scott in Cambridge, placed by the Cambridge African American History Project in 1993. The Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) offers an Alberta V. Scott Mentorship Program, named in her honor. References External links Radcliffe College autograph collection: A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Radcliffe College alumni People from Cambridge, Massachusetts 1870s births 1902 deaths Educators from Virginia Educators from Massachusetts Tuskegee University faculty 19th-century American educators 20th-century American educators People from Richmond, Virginia 19th-century American women educators 20th-century American women educators American women academics 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American educators