Episode 078 - Bessie Blount Griffin | Inventor, Physical Therapist, and Forensic Scientist

Emlyn tells Emma about Bessie Blount Griffin, an inventor, physical therapist, and forensic scientist. 

 

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Sources

Main Story - Bessie Blount Griffin

1. Amisha Padnani. Overlooked No More: Bessie Blount, Nurse, Wartime Inventor and Handwriting Expert. New York Times. March 27, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/obituaries/bessie-blount-overlooked.html
2. Elena Ferrarin. Bessie Blount Griffin: A Black Woman's Journey to Pioneering Forensic Scientist. True Crime Blog: Stories & News, A & E. March 9, 2021. https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bessie-blount-griffin
3. "Bessie Blount Griffin." Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 135, Gale, 2017. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606007708/BIC?u=uga&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=86f6c869. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.
4. Portable Receptacle Support Patent: https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=2550554 

Women who Work 

1. Shape-shifting: changing animal morphologies as a response to climatic warming
2. The warming climate is causing animals to 'shapeshift'  

Music 

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“Work” by Rihanna

Cover Image

Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009) •