Why You’ve Never Heard of the Woman Who Cured Leprosy” #history #blackhistory #facts

You’ve heard of Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming…
But what about Alice Ball — the young Black woman who discovered the first effective cure for leprosy at just 23?

In the early 1900s, leprosy was a death sentence. Alice Ball, a chemist and the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Hawaii, changed everything. She developed the Ball Method, transforming chaulmoogra oil into an injectable treatment that saved thousands.

But after her sudden death, a man named Arthur L. Dean claimed her work as his own — and history erased her name.

This is the story of injustice, brilliance, and one woman’s legacy finally being restored.
Remember her name: Alice Ball.

#history #blackhistory #blackpeople

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