Margaret Knight

Margarets LIFE

• Born in York, Maine, United States in 1838.
• Born in the middle of the industrial revolution
• Wasn't like other girls
• Father died at 9 - end of education

Early Life - Going to work

• started working in textile mill
• Witnessed a textille mill accident.
• Invention notebook - fathers tool chest
• Invented a stop motion machine .
• Stop motion machine was used in all textile mills in her area.

PAPER BAG DREAM

• Went to work in Massachusetts at a paper bag plant
• Invents a machine that will make flat bottom paper bags
• Within a month - sketch
• Within half a year - wooden model
• applied for patent

Her competition

• Charles Annan - attempted to steal her idea
• Margaret takes him to court
• Margaret wins in court and receives patent in 1871

Awards & patents

• Later, invents rotary engine, shoe-cutting machine, dress and skirt shield.
• Received an award by the queen
• Left an estate of $275.05 after death

Bibliography

• Women-inventors.com,. 'Margaret Knight: Invention Of The Paper Bag Machine'. N.p., 2015. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.
• Asme.org,. 'Margaret Knight - ASME'. N.p., 2012. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.
• Wikipedia,. 'Margaret E. Knight'. N.p., 2015. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.

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• YouTube,. 'American Artifacts Preview: 19Th Century Inventor Margaret Knight'. N.p., 2015. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.
• YouTube,. 'Margaret E. Knight, Inventor'. N.p., 2015. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.
• About.com Inventors,. 'Margaret Knight - Queen Of Paper Bags'. N.p., 2015. Web. 23 Apr. 2015.