Posted on February 14, 2022
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This is an update of my post published on February 14, 2011:
Margaret Knight is sometimes called “the female Edison” and is widely acknowledged as the most famous 19th-Century woman inventor. Her paper bag machine, which made flat-bottomed paper bags as opposed to the then-used envelope-type paper bags, prompted Knight to found the Eastern Paper Bag Company.
Born on this day in 1838, in Maine, Knight crafted sleds and kites for her brothers when she was just a kid and invented a injury-prevention device for textile mills when she was just 12 years old.
For more on Margaret Knight…
…including the story of how a man tried to steal the idea for her greatest invention, check out Famous Women Inventors.
Also on this date:
Valentine’s Day
and more Valentine’s Day
Statehood Anniversaries for Arizona and Oregon
League of Women Voters Day
Artist Cornelia Konrads’s birthday
International Book Giving Day
Jell-O Week
(Second full week of February)
Plan ahead:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
- February holidays
- February birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in February
And here are my Pinterest boards for:
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March holidays
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March birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in March
