Black History(Ms.Roger Arliner Young)

 I love our History. In keeping with my weekly BHP meet Ms.Roger Arliner Young. Ms. Young the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology and to publish in science she paved the way for future generations in STEM, died.  Young was born in 1899 in Clifton Forge, Virginia, and raised in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1923 and her master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1926.

In 1924, her article “On the Excretory Apparatus in Paramecium” was published in the journal Science, making her the first African American woman to research and professionally publish in her field. In 1940, she earned her Ph. D. in Zoology from the University of Pennsylvania.  After obtaining her doctorate, Young held teaching positions at several colleges and wrote several books.