Marguerite Scott, LaVerne Higgins, and Linda Turner: The First African American Women at Tech
The stories of Marguerite Laurette Harper Scott, LaVerne Higgins, Linda Edmunds Turner, are those of resilience. The African American community, the women of Virginia Tech, and the Hokie Nation have been irrevocably bettered by the lives of these three women. Marguerite, Laverne, and Linda, were three of the first African American women to attend Virginia Tech. Many different paths led …
