CHILDHOOD
EARLY LIFE
ACHIEVEMENTS
FUN FACT
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Roger Arliner's date of birth

What is... August 20, 1899

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Rogers first university enrollment

What is... Howard University (in Washington D.C.)

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The year that Roger graduated with her bachelor's degree.

What is... 1923

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The quote Roger wrote in her high school yearbook.

What is... "Not failure, but low aim is a crime."

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Roger Arliners place of birth

What is... Clifton Forge, VA

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The year Arliner took her first science course

What is... 1921 (5 years after she enrolled at Howard)

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Roger received a master of science degree in zoology in 1926 from what university

What is... University of Chicago

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The topic she researched when she came to Woods Hole

What is... paramecium and radiation on sea urchin eggs

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Rogers childhood was centered around who

What is... her mom due to illness and disabilities

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The topic of Roger's first article that she published that achieved international recognitiom.

What is... paramecium

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Roger Arliner was the first African american to receive what

What is... doctorate degree in zoology

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Cape Cod's connection to Rogers success

What is... she went to the University of Pennsylvania to begin a doctorate under L. V. Heilbrunn, who had befriended her at Woods Hole and gave her the aid she needed to continue. She earned her Ph. D.