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In 1923, when Roger Arliner Young graduated from Howard University with her bachelor91�������יs degree, she scrawled these words next to her photo: 91�������לNot failure, but low aim is a crime.91�������ם She would live by that maxim for the next decade, making waves in biology and rising through science and academia at a remarkable speed.

Before even earning her master91�������יs degree, Young became the first black woman to publish  in the prestigious journal Science, resulting in an international reputation for discovering the structure of Paramecium 91�������ד a species of water-dwelling single-celled organisms. For this research, her mentor and eminent biologist  praised her as a 91�������לreal genius in zoology91�������ם.

Later, as acting head of Howard University91�������יs zoology department, Young broke new ground as the first black woman in the Sigma Xi fraternity for scientists and engineers. She also became the first black woman to conduct research at the internationally renowned Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. .

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