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Margaret E. Knight
1838-02-14 – 1914-10-12
Life & Legacy
Margaret Eloise Knight (February 14, 1838 – October 12, 1914) was an American inventor, notably of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags. She has been called "the most famous 19th-century woman inventor". She founded the Eastern Paper Bag Company in 1870, creating paper bags for groceries similar in form to the ones that would be used in later generations. Knight received dozens of patents in different fields and became a symbol for women's empowerment.
Occupation & Career
inventor, entrepreneur
Education
fab lab
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National Inventors Hall of Fame
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National Inventors Hall of Fame
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