Black History Fact Of The Day: Alice Augusta Ball

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Even though she only lived 24 years, Alice Augusta Ball was quite accomplished. She was the first African-American and the first woman to graduate with a master’s degree from the University of Hawaii. As a chemist, she came up with the most effective treatment for leprosy during her time. She extracted chaulmoogra oil to be […]

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