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Ele Willoughby, PhD

For pharmaceutical Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for . Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for women & Black scientists.⁠
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Ball studied at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 🧵1/n

My linocut portrait of pharmaceutical chemist Alice Ball, a young Black woman in a lab coat, printed in indigo. Below her is the chemical reaction for Ball’s Process in violet. Above and around her is a branch of chalmoogra with green leaves and yellow fruit.
#printmaking#sciart#BlackInSTEM
Feb 24, 2025, 12:16 PM·Public
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