Comments on: Bessie Blount Griffin, Physical Therapist and Inventor

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:06:26 +0000

In reply to Sean Dineen. Thank you...you are so right!

By: Sean Dineen

Sean Dineen — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:53:28 +0000

My, Physical therapist Dr. Andrew Kramer, Another product of that era, studied at the feet of Ms. Blount’s mentor,Arthur Witzel. Those men and women fought the medical establishment and treated clients like family. Those stories need to be told.

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Sun, 21 Mar 2021 19:05:34 +0000

[…] as a handwriting expert and went on to make a career as a forgery expert. After retirement, she started a consulting business for museums and researchers to examine the authenticity of antebellum letters and […]

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Honoring Black Women Inventors of the Last Half-Century - NewsDay24.com — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:06:18 +0000

[…] Bessie Blount Griffin, U.S. Patent No. 2,550,554, Issued April 24, 1951, “Portable receptacle support” (self-feeding apparatus). […]

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Honoring Black Women Inventors of the Last Half-Century - Self Defense Coach — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:12:11 +0000

[…] Bessie Blount Griffin, U.S. Patent No. 2,550,554, Issued April 24, 1951, “Moveable receptacle assist” (self-feeding equipment). […]

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND DIVERSITY IN HEALTH CARE – Creative Home Therapy — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:41:36 +0000

[…] Bessie Blount Griffin was the first black woman to become a physical therapist. She worked with injured veterans during world War II. She designed and developed many scientific inventions to help her patients. She was a vocal advocate for veterans, children, and women in science. […]

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TBT: Famous Bessies in American History – Super Awesome People™ — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 01:14:24 +0000

[…] limbs as a result of combat wounds, and she taught them to write with their teeth and feet. She invented several assistive devices, including an electric self-feeding apparatus, a portable receptacle support, and the emesis basin. […]

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Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:56:21 +0000

[…] stories of black inventors, read Margaret Stewart Joyner who invented the hair-waving machine, and Bessie Blount Griffin, a physical therapist who invented a device to let people without limbs feed […]

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20 Inspirational Quotes from Female Inventors | Geek Gals — Sun, 26 May 2019 04:37:27 +0000

[…] Griffin was a compassionate woman who aided many wounded soldiers during WWII. After seeing so many wounded and unable to fend for themselves, she invented a device that helped amputees feed themselves. Essentially, the person could bite down on a tube that would dispense a mouthful of food into the person’s mouth. The invention was denied in America, but the French government purchased her invention and used it to help wounded soldiers eat on their own. […]

By: Black Women Inventors that Changed the World | Nu Origins Magazine

Black Women Inventors that Changed the World | Nu Origins Magazine — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:16:29 +0000

[…] Virginia in 1914 and lived there until the sixth grade when her family moved to New Jersey after ‘she had exhausted the academic resources for black children in her community.’ She earned a GED before joining a nurse’s training program at Community Kennedy Memorial Hospital, […]