Alice Jackson Stuart

Not to be confused with Alice Jackson.
Alice Jackson Stuart
Graduation photo of Stuart, from a 1935 publication
Born(1913-06-02)June 2, 1913
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJune 13, 2001(2001-06-13) (aged 88)
EducationVirginia Union University; Columbia University
OccupationEducator
Known forFirst Black woman to apply for graduate school admission at the University of Virginia
RelativesJames E. Jackson (brother)

Alice Carlotta Jackson Stuart (June 2, 1913 – June 13, 2001) was an American educator who was the first African-American woman to apply for graduate school studies at the University of Virginia. She was denied on the basis of "good and sufficient reasons" and later went on to earn her Master of Arts at Columbia University in 1937.

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