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

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MARGARET KNIGHT

JAKE AND QUENTEN

MRS.DECOOK 3

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WHEN BORN AND DEATH

SHE WAS BORN FEB14, 1838

RAISED IN MAINE BY HER WIDOWED MOTHER

SHE DIED OCT12,1914

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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.

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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

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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

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RESOURCES

• WORLD BOOK KIDS

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