Alice Augusta Ball

I discovered a cure for leprosy!

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I used oil from the chaulmoogra tree to create my injectable. I isolated the oil into fatty acid components allowing me to manipulate the oil into a water soluble injectable form. #GHSMatildaEffect

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She should be awarded for her credit that she worked on but couldn’t keep going because of her death. #GHSMatildaEffect

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I was offered a teaching and research position at the Universitu of Washington. #GHSMatildaEffect

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Even the governor of Hawaii declared February 29 “Alice ball day” celebrated every four years. #GHSMatildaEffect

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The University of Hawaii-Mānoa made a bronze plaque on campus to honor my life and accomplishment. #GHSMatildaEffect

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Dr Harry T. Hollmann published a paper giving me credit for what Dean had stole. #GHSMatildaEffect

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I was the first black woman to graduate with a M.S. degree in chemistry from College of Hawaii, now known as University of Hawaii. #GHSMatildaEffect

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I was born July 24 in 1892 and died December 31 in 1916. #GHSMatildaEffect

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Dr. Arthur Dean took her credit after she died and called it the “ Dean method”. #GHSMatildaEffect

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She was an African American chemist who developed an injectable herbal extract to cure leprosy. #GHSMatildaEffect