Scott was born in
Dubuque, Iowa, on October 13, 1863. She studied at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the
Académie Colarossi. Around 1890 Scott settled in New York City where she worked as an illustrator for the Century Publishing Company. In 1897 she moved to Rochester, New York where she began her teaching career at the
Mechanics Institute. She taught there until 1913. Scott died on October 13, 1925, in Dubuque. ==Legacy==