and blind individuals in the streets did not have access to the white stick of police officers (4). Guilly recognized this problem and was instrumental in starting the movement that was responsible for making the use of white canes for civilians more widespread. Due to her efforts, drivers had an easier time stopping their vehicles for visually impaired individuals. After Guilly’s involvement in the development of the white cane, another important innovation was the development of the “Hoover Method” (5). Towards the end of World War II, Richard Hoover, an army sergeant and a former teacher at a school for the blind in Baltimore in the United States, was assigned to a centre for the treatment of blinded soldiers in the Valley Forge Army Hospital. There he spent a week walking around blindfolded with a white cane, swinging it back and forth in front of his feet to avoid obstacles. This technique, known as the Hoover method, is now taught to visually impaired people all over the world to help them travel independently (4). Even though there have been many technological developments that were designed to improve the white cane, Guilly’s innovation has fundamentally been unchanged. Other Publications 1. La Pratique du soudage oxyacétylénique et des Techniques Connexes 2. Fleurs des Alyscamps 3. Le désir de vivre 4. Le jardin de ta joie 5. Charmois 6. Terre vaudoise 7. Quelques poèmes Honors received Knight of the Legion of Honour (1947) Officer of the Legion of Honour Medal of the City of Paris (1976) References 1) Petreková, Š. (2021, April 21). Guilly d'Herbemont, mother of the White Cane. MSS Levoča. Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://msslevoca.sk/guilly-dherbemont-mother-of-the-white-cane/?lang=en 2) Portier-Kaltenbach, C. (2022, March 24). Guilly d'Herbemont, Inventrice de la Canne Blanche. Europe 1. Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://www.europe1.fr/emissions/dans-lintimite-de-lhistoire/guilly-dherbemont-inventrice-de-la-canne-blanche-4095409 3) Bailly, C. (1990, April). Les AUXILIAIRES des AVEUGLES. Guilly d'Herbemont - beginnings of the White Cane. Retrieved April 18, 2022, from http://dherbemont.free.fr/en/textes/cannes.html 4) Lee, A., & Treherne, I. (2021, November 25). The unimprovable white cane. Wellcome Collection. Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/YY5pjBEAACYANLfm 5) 10 fascinating facts about the White Cane. Perkins School for the Blind. (2021, June 28). Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://www.perkins.org/10-fascinating-facts-about-the-white-cane/#:~:text=Hoover%2C%20a%20World%20War%20II,t%20use%20a%20white%20cane. 6) Herbemont, guilly d'. [WorldCat Identities]. (1970, January 1). Retrieved April 18, 2022, from http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81052739/ 7) Guilly d'herbemont. Wikimedia Commons. (n.d.). Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Guilly_d%27Herbemont External links Website about Guilly d'Herbemont 1888 births 1980 deaths 20th-century