Lewis Victor Heilbrunn

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Lewis Victor Heilbrunn

American biologist

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Roger Arliner Young
Persevering in academia amid racial prejudice
…with the guidance of biologist Lewis Victor Heilbrunn, becoming the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in the field. Her degree made her one of only 58 Black women to earn a doctorate in the natural sciences between 1876 and 1969. In 1940 Young joined the…
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…with the guidance of biologist Lewis Victor Heilbrunn, becoming the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in the field. Her degree made her one of only 58 Black women to earn a doctorate in the natural sciences between 1876 and 1969. In 1940 Young joined the…
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