# Teaching and Barriers

From @alice-ball's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@alice-ball.md](/@alice-ball.md)

Ball was the first woman and first African American to earn a master's degree at the institution and became its first African American chemistry instructor.

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