Born on November 24, 1914, Bessie Blount grew up in the community of Hickory, Virginia. As a child, her father died as a result of injuries suffered during World War I and it would inspire her to invent an apparatus that enabled amputees to feed themselves. Her first electronic device delivered one mouthful of food […]
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