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Alice Ball was a U.S. chemist. Her skill and knowledge of chemistry led to her developing the first effective treatment for leprosy. Ball was the first African American to…
- Early Life and Education
- Treatment For Leprosy
- Death and Recognition
Alice Augusta Ball was born on July 24, 1892, in Seattle, Washington, to James Presley and Laura Louise (Howard) Ball. She was one of four children, with two older brothers, William and Robert, and a younger sister, Addie. Her family was middle-class and well off, as Ball's father was a newspaper editor of The Colored Citizen, photographer, and law...
At the University of Hawaii, Ball investigated the chemical makeup and active principle of Piper methysticum (kava) for her master's thesis. Because of this work, she was contacted by Dr. Harry T. Hollmann at Kalihi Hospital in Hawaii, who needed an assistant for his research into the treatment of leprosy. At the time, leprosy or Hansen's Disease w...
Ball died on December 31, 1916, at age 24. She had become ill during her research and returned to Seattle for treatment a few months before her death. A 1917 Pacific Commercial Advertiser article suggested that the cause may have been chlorine poisoning due to exposure while teaching in the laboratory. It was reported that she was giving a demonstr...
Mar 23, 2022 · HISTORY. The Trailblazing Black Woman Chemist Who Discovered a Treatment for Leprosy. After Alice Ball’s death in 1916 at age 24, a white man took credit for her research. Kathleen M....
Mar 1, 2018 · (1892-1916) Who Was Alice Ball? Alice Ball was an African American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for those suffering from Hansen’s disease (leprosy). Ball was also...
Sep 20, 2007 · Alice Augusta Ball (1892-1916) Alice Augusta Ball, a pharmaceutical chemist, was born in Seattle, Washington in 1892 to Laura and James P. Ball Jr. Her grandfather was J.P. Ball, the well known daguerreotype photographer and her father was a promising lawyer. James P. Ball Sr. moved to Hawaii for health reasons in 1903 with his family and ...
Who was Alice Ball? Alice Ball was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1892. She was an African-American chemist who pioneered the "Ball Method" which went on to become the most effective treatment for Hansen’s disease (leprosy) during the early 20th century.
Feb 28, 2018 · Alice Augusta Ball developed an injectable form of chaulmoogra oil, which was used for 20 years to treat Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy. How the Woman Who Found a Leprosy Treatment Was ...
