They remember her as a nurse. But Bessie Blount was an inventor who outsmarted a government that refused to see her worth. When the U.S. dismissed her device for amputee veterans, she handed it to France, because brilliance doesn’t wait for permission. She didn’t just heal bodies. She exposed a system that couldn’t handle a Black woman being the solution. #womeninstem #blackwomeninstem #blackexcellence #historytok #fyp
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They remember her as a nurse. But Bessie Blount was an inventor who outsmarted a government that refused to see her worth. When the U.S. dismissed her device for amputee
Ashley(@ashleytheebarroness). original sound - Ashley. They remember her as a nurse. But Bessie Blount was an inventor who outsmarted a government that refused to see her worth. When the U.S. dismissed her device for amputee veterans, she handed it to France, because brilliance doesn’t wait for permission. She didn’t just heal bodies. She ...
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