Biography Of Scientist Roger Arline Young

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Scientist Roger Arline Young was one of the most accomplished scientists. She was an African American woman who had limits. She went through many struggles in her life and went through her life. First of all, she was an African American so at the time she lived in racism and criticism. Second of all she was a woman. At the time through 1899-1950s many woman didn’t have equal rights as men. When growing up Roger had struggles with living in her house. Her mother was very ill at the time. The second thing was she didn’t have the money to get into colleges. The only way she got into college is with the help of her teacher in another college she went to. It took her lots of hard work and many years of studying at Marine Biological Laboratory her

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