In 1770s colonial America a scarred face wasnt a mark of shame it was a badge of employability. Servants, healthcare workers, and soldiers with visible smallpox scars were preferred hires, as their pockmarked skin proved they had survived the deadly disease and were now immune. George Washington understood this reality all too well. During the Revolutionary War, he ordered the mass inoculation of American troops, knowing that smallpox posed a greater threat than British bullets. Soldiers scars b