1927-1983
Founder of the Scott School of Beauty Culture.
Born in the South, she came to New York from the South as a domestic & then to Newark where she opened her first beauty shop in 1944. This expanded into five shops and then a school.
Known as Newark’s first Black woman millionaire. Scott was married to the Rev. Malachi Rountree.
Bibliography
S-13 Scott Louise, Mrs. Newark News Morgue, Newark Public Library including Turns Mansion into Haven Sept 23, 1958
Star Ledger, extensive coverage.
Newark Library digitized material (one, two)
Krueger Mansion, National Historic Register Application
Madame Louise Scott NJ Hall of Fame