American Chemist
Alice Ball (1892-1916) was an American chemist.
FAST FACTS:
- First woman to get her master’s degree and become a professor at the University of Hawaii
- Her interest for chemistry was sparked at a very early age because of her parents’ work in developing photographs using chemicals
- Developed a treatment for leprosy, called the Ball Method
- Died from unknown causes at only 24 years old
- Her work was stolen by another chemist, and it was not revealed until years later that the work was actually hers
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