Roger Arliner Young, a pioneering African American scientist, died on this day in 1964. She was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Zoology (1940, University of Pennsylvania). Born in 1899, Young made significant contributions to the fields of marine biology, zoology, and radiation biology, often overcoming racial and gender barriers throughout her career.
She worked alongside prominent scientists like Ernest Everett Just and inspired generations of Black scientists through her persistence and brilliance, despite facing personal and professional obstacles.
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