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MARGARET KNIGHT JAKE AND QUENTEN MRS.DECOOK 3. WHEN BORN AND DEATH SHE WAS BORN FEB14, 1838 RAISED...
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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