 She said of young adults, “They are a vital force which the library can both develop and use.They are the voters of tomorrow, the potential adult users and supporters of the public library, the emergent community to whom, theoretically, the public library belongs.” In 1999, "American Libraries" named her one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century".Scoggin was born in Caruthersville, Missouri to Alfred Polk and Margaret Ellen Bright Scoggin.