Black History Unlocked on Instagram: "Alice Augusta Ball, a pharmaceutical chemist, was born in Seattle, Washington in 1892 to Laura and James P. Ball Jr. Alice Ball entered the University of Washington
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North High School - Celebrating Graduates. Alice Augusta Ball graduated from high school in 1910, then earned her bachelors in chemistry and then pharmacy; eventually discovering medical cures and innovative lab methods.
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