Stuart AliceJackson

American social activist who was the first female African American to apply for graduate school studies at the University of Virginia, in August 1935. She was denied based upon the Jim Crow educational policies that existed during the time. The school board refused to explain the "good and sufficient reasons" for which she was denied entry. She later went on to attend Columbia University with the grant money she received from the Dovell Act. Stuart graduated in 1937 from Columbia University with a Master of Arts in English. After graduating from Columbia University, Stuart went on to work at Bethune-Cookman College, Howard College, as well as many high schools. She was awarded a fellowship by the Ford Foundation which allowed her to travel around the country. Stuart died at age 88 on 13 June 2001, a week after her grandson graduated from Harvard University. In 2012 Jackson was posthumously honored as one of the Library of Virginias "Virginia Women in History" for her lifes work. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less