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Alice Augusta Ball
STEMinism
English - May 03, 2021 01:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsScience History feminism gender bias science research university Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Through her groundbreaking work as a chemist, Alice Ball changed the lives of thousands of people. She was the first black women to receive a master's degree from the University of Hawaii and she became a professor at the age of 23. However, her story was very nearly lost to history. We are excited and honored to be among the people now celebrating her achievements and role as a pioneering STEMinist in the 1920s.