MARGARET KNIGHT

JAKE AND QUENTEN

MRS.DECOOK 3

WHEN BORN AND DEATH

SHE WAS BORN FEB14, 1838

RAISED IN MAINE BY HER WIDOWED MOTHER

SHE DIED OCT12,1914

INVENTION

SHE WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE FLAT BOTTOM PAPER BAG.

SHE INVENTED A MACHINE THAT FOLDED AND GLUED PAPER BAG BOTTOMS

SHE WAS KNOWN AS THE PAPER BAG QUEEN.

OTHER INVENTIONS

• SHE HAD OVER 20 PATENTS AND OVER 100 INVENTIONS

• A FEW OF HER INVENTIONS – ROTARY ENGINE, SHOE CUTTING MACHINE AND

A DRESS AND SKIRT SHIELD

INTERESTING FACT

• SOMEONE TRIED TO STEAL HER IDEA OF MAKING FLAT BOTTOMS FOR

PAPER BAGS

• CHARLES ANNAN STOLE HER IDEA AND GOT THE PATENT FIRST

• NO ONE THOUGHT THAT A WOMAN COULD BUILD SOMETHING SO VALUABLE

• SHE WENT TO COURT AND WON IN 1871

RESOURCES

• WORLD BOOK KIDS

• HTTP://WWW.WOMEN-INVENTORS.COM/MARGARET-KNIGHT