Laura Woolsey Scales (née Lord; 13 November 1879 – 12 June 1990) was a verified American supercentenarian. She was born as Laura Woolsey Lord in Hanover, New Hampshire as the daughter of John and Emma Pomeroy Lord. She retired from her position as Warden in 1944 and for the next 30 years she lived in Dunedin, Florida. In 1974 she returned to Northampton, Massachusetts. Laura Woolsey Lord Scales died in Northampton, Massachusetts on 12 June 1990, aged 110 years, 211 days.