1. MARGARET KNIGHT JAKE AND QUENTEN MRS.DECOOK 3

2. WHEN BORN AND DEATH  SHE WAS BORN FEB14, 1838  RAISED IN MAINE BY HER WIDOWED MOTHER  SHE DIED OCT12,1914

3. INVENTION  SHE WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE FLAT BOTTOM PAPER BAG.  SHE INVENTED A MACHINE THAT FOLDED AND GLUED PAPER BAG BOTTOMS  SHE WAS KNOWN AS THE PAPER BAG QUEEN.

4. OTHER INVENTIONS SHE HAD OVER 20 PATENTS AND OVER 100 INVENTIONS A FEW OF HER INVENTIONS – ROTARY ENGINE, SHOE CUTTING MACHINE AND A DRESS AND SKIRT SHIELD

5. INTERESTING FACT SOMEONE TRIED TO STEAL HER IDEA OF MAKING FLAT BOTTOMS FOR PAPER BAGS CHARLES ANNAN STOLE HER IDEA AND GOT THE PATENT FIRST NO ONE THOUGHT THAT A WOMAN COULD BUILD SOMETHING SO VALUABLE SHE WENT TO COURT AND WON IN 1871

6. RESOURCES WORLD BOOK KIDS HTTP://WWW.WOMEN-INVENTORS.COM/MARGARET-KNIGHT