Marvelous Mattie
How Margaret E. Knight Became An Inventor
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Mattie Knight loved to make things ranging from a foot warmer for her mother or toys for her older brothers. Or, when she was 12, a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off looms and hurting workers. Later, Mattie invented a machine that could cut and glue the square-bottomed paper bags we still
… More »Mattie Knight loved to make things ranging from a foot warmer for her mother or toys for her older brothers. Or, when she was 12, a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off looms and hurting workers. Later, Mattie invented a machine that could cut and glue the square-bottomed paper bags we still use today. Meet the woman known as "the Lady Edison."
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Authors:
McCully, Emily Arnold
Statement of Responsibility:
Emily Arnold McCully
Title:
Marvelous Mattie
how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor
how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor
Publisher:
New York :, Farrar, Straus, Giroux,, c2006
Edition:
1st ed
Characteristics:
1 v. (unpaged) :,col. ill. ;,29 cm.
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