1879 Shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter This is the third week and second part of our May biweekly series that focuses on black women who changed the world with their inventions. Alice Ball Alice Augusta Ball was born on July 24, 1892, in Seattle, Washington. Her father, a lawyer, photographer and Black newspaper editor, James Presley Ball Jr., married Laura Louise Howard Ball, a white photographer who grew up in a prestigious, middle-class family. James Presley Ball, her paternal grandfather, was a renowned photographer who had captured famous people. At 10, her family moved to Honolulu, believing that … Continue reading Two Important Inventions That Would Not Exist Without Black Women