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Margaret E. Knight was born in York, Maine on February 14, 1838, to Hannah Teal and James Knight. [4] As a little girl, “Mattie,” as her parents and friends nicknamed her, preferred to play with woodworking tools instead of dolls, stating that “the only things [she] wanted were a jack knife, a gimlet, and pieces of wood.” [5] She was known as a child for her kites and sleds.
Margaret E. Knight patented a machine in 1871 for the manufacture of flat-bottomed paper bags. [3] In 1892 the company relocated from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Hudson Falls, New York, where it had a paper mill. The Union Camp Corporation was formed by the 1956 merger of the Union Bag and Paper Company with Camp Manufacturing. [2]
Margaret Knight is the name of: Margaret E. Knight (1838–1914), American inventor; Margaret K. Knight (1903–1983), British psychologist and humanist; Margaret Rose Knight (1918–2006), First Lady of North Carolina
Margaret Knight became known as "the female Edison," “queen of paper bags,” and the “mother of the grocery bag.” On a plaque in Framingham, they notice Margaret Knight as "first woman awarded at U.S. patent" and holder of eighty seven U.S. patents.
In 1871, inventor Margaret E. Knight designed a machine that could create flat-bottomed paper bags, which could carry more than the previous envelope-style design. In 1883, Charles Stilwell patented a machine that made square-bottom paper bags with pleated sides, making them easier to fold and store.
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