Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> pharmaceutical <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemist</span></a> Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leprosy</span></a>. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile &amp; painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, &amp; she was a trailblazer for women &amp; Black scientists.⁠<br>⁠<br>Ball studied <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> at UW earning a BSc &amp; 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>