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In 1916, 23 yr old chemist Alice Ball discovered a breakthrough in treatment for Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease). She was the 1st woman & 1st Black chemistry professor at UHawaii.

Tragically, Ball passed away months after her discovery due to complications from a lab accident.

What happened next? Arthur Dean, head of her dept, continued the work publishing Ball’s process as “Dean’s method.”

Fortunately, a colleague spoke up & the name was changed to “Ball’s method.” #HistoryRemix #science #history

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Sheril Kirshenbaum
@Yoshi If you check out #HistoryRemix, you'll see that over & over throughout history, women's discoveries & ideas have been attributed, or at times, stolen, by men.
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And that, gentlemen, is why the head of a department is called a “Dean” in honor of his heroic deed.
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stealing from people who can’t defend themselves is so upper class
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

it’s great to see women scientists throughout history getting recognition! Is there an organization that is cataloging their biographies?
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in an odd coincidence, I was just reading this article about women being written out of the history of analytic philosophy

https://aeon.co/essays/the-lost-women-of-early-analytic-philosophy

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

screw that guy, but good on her colleague for speaking up and defending her work
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That‘s the reason why i will wear this shirt during my lessons as often as possible.
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I want to know more about this "lab accident" given that Dean subsequently grabbed credit for her work. If only Hercule Poirot had been available to investigate. 😉

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