Margaret E. Knight
American inventor (1838-1914) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76
Margaret Eloise Knight 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".
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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.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1838 to 1914 · aged 76
