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Name: Alice Augusta Ball: Pioneer of the Leprosy Cure-#trailblazerinscience, #leprosycureinnovator,
Uploaded: 2025-08-24T21:58:00-04:00
Description: Alice Augusta Ball was a groundbreaking chemist whose work revolutionized the treatment of leprosy. As the first African American woman to earn a degree in chemistry from the University of Hawaii, she made history with her development of the “Ball Method,” which became the most effective treatment for leprosy at the time. Despite facing racial...

Alice Augusta Ball: Pioneer of the Leprosy Cure-#trailblazerinscience, #leprosycureinnovator,