Alice Augusta Ball was the Black Woman chemist who discovered a treatment for Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy. Ball was also the first woman and African American student to receive a master’s degree from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s campus. Decades after she introduced the Ball Method in the 1940s, she is now being recognized for her achievements.
Original post by Kathleen M. Wong/Smithsonian Magazine
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