Ball and her sister, Lucy, undertook the work of opening a school for young African American girls in the West End of Boston.
[1] Her work among unfortunate women and girls led to the formation of the New England Female Moral Reform Society, with which she was from its beginning connected as Secretary and Manager.
From 1833 to 1839, Ball and her sister operated a school for young African American girls in West End, Boston.
[5] In 1838, under the auspices of the New England Female Moral Reform Society, she started providing services for fallen, intemperate women and unfortunate young girls.
[4] In 1836, assisted by a few friends, she opened an evening school for young African American girls in the west part of Boston.
[8] She was a member of the Rowe Street Baptist Church in Boston, where she was prominent in social and religious work, and was long interested in Home and Foreign Missions.