I also have to do a report on Bessie Blount Griffin. She is in my eyes a truley remarkable person and here is some of the report that I have put together so far. If anything seems wrong or out of place please let me know.:)<br /><br />Bessie Blount Griffin achieved many great inventions in her life. She was born in Hickory Virginia in November 24th, 1914. She studied Physical Education in Panzar College, New Jersey. After she successfully graduated college she moved to Chicago to complete her training and education. During world war two she worked with the injured soldiers and tried to recover them in her best ability. She noticed how hard it was for most of the badly injured patients to feed themselves. Her encounter with all of the soldiers inspired her to invent an electrically driven feeder. It was a device that had a feeder which delivered food one mouthful at a time to the people who were hurt in wheelchairs or in hospital beds. Every time they bit down onto the tube it would release the food into their mouth with the right amount so it wasn’t to much so that they would choke. Then she moved back to Newark, New Jersey and began teaching Physical Education at the Bronx hospital. She tried to market her device, but it was unsuccessful. Instead, she decided she would try and create another invention called the portable receptacle support. Its purpose was almost the same. It was a brace that would wrap around the patients neck and would support a bowl or dish, making it easier to eat or drink. She was also unable to market this successfully. And the Veteran’s Administration was disinterested in using it as well. She signed over the rights to her two inventions to the French government in 1952. She said that she was proud that she was able to invent two creations that were so useful to humankind and to be respected highly while being looked at wrong during the time for being of African-American Heritage. In 1969 Bessie Blount Griffin began conducting science research for police departments in New Jersey and Virginia. In 1977 she was sent to Scotland Yard in England for training.