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| death_place = [[Wilmington, Delaware]], U.S.
| occupation = Teacher, librarian, historian, lecturer, community activist, and humanitarian.
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| mother = Mary Leila Young
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| relations = Ethel Corinne Young (sister)<br>Leila Ruth Young (sister)<br>Lauren T. Young (brother)
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'''Pauline Alice Young''' (August 17, 1900 – June 26, 1991)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Dictionary of American library biography. Second supplement|date=2003|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|
==Early life and education==
Pauline A. Young was born in West Medford, Massachusetts to James Ross Young and Mary Leila Young. Her father was a prominent caterer, and her mother was an English teacher. Young had three other siblings including a younger brother, Laurence T., and two older sisters, Ethel Corinne and Leila Ruth. When Pauline was still a child, her father died while the family was still living in Massachusetts. Her family moved to Wilmington, Delaware shortly after to be closer to her mother's family. There, she was raised by three "parents"—her mother, grandmother, and her aunt. Young's aunt, [[Alice Dunbar-Nelson]], a writer, activist and poet, greatly influenced Young to follow in her footsteps, and Young considered her to be an inspiration.<ref>University of Delaware Library, Special Collections Department, Pauline A. Young Collection, http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/young.htm</ref>
Young occasionally reminisced about her childhood home, describing it as a "wayside inn and an underground railroad for visiting Negroes and white literary friends, who wouldn't go to the hotel, you know, since the hotel wouldn't admit Negroes."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Helen|title=Pauline A Young}}</ref> Among these visitors were influential activists and writers such as [[W. E. B. DuBois]] and [[James Weldon Johnson]].
Young attended [[Howard High School of Technology|Howard High School]], which was the only school for African-American students in the state of Delaware. Her mother and her aunt, the wife of author [[Paul Laurence Dunbar]], both taught at the institution. African-American students all across Delaware were forced to bus to Wilmington because the parents of white students kept the Delaware school system segregated.
Pauline pursued further higher education at the [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education]], where she earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in History and English. Young was the only black student in her class. It is here that she participated in graduate work such as educational tests and measurements. After graduating, Young attempted to pursue an acting career. However, after three months, Young decided that life on the stage was not for her. She moved to [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia]], where she worked at the front desk of the black-owned Hilltop House. She did not last long at this job, moving on to teach social studies and Latin for a year at [[Collis P. Huntington High School|Huntington High School]], an all Black school, in [[Newport News, Virginia]]. It was there that she was thrown off a bus because she did not give her seat up to a white man. In 1928, Young became a librarian at Howard High School's Stevens Memorial Library, and she eventually joined the staff of her alma mater, Howard High School, to teach History and Latin. In 1935, she received her graduate degree from the [[Columbia University]] School of Library Service. Young later taught and proctored at the [[University of Southern California]] and served as a member of the press staff at the [[Tuskegee Institute]] in Alabama. In 1942, Young completed 114 hours of ground school work and twelve hours of dual flight at the black-owned [[Cornelius Coffey|Coffey School of Aeronautics]] in Chicago, Illinois. During this time, in 1943, she underwent fifty hours of pre-flight instruction for teachers at [[Temple University]] and taught pre-flight at Howard's night school.
==Civic work==
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Young influenced many great minds in Delaware, and many students reached out to her for advice, help on projects and motivation.
==References==▼
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==Further reading==
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* Siegel, Arthur. 1999. Pauline A. Young Collection [Finding Aid]. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, Special Collections.
* Yancey, Mary E. 1989. ''Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep''. [Wilmington, DE: published by author]
▲==References==
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{{Hall of Fame of Delaware Women}}
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