Marvelous Mattie : how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus, Giroux,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0374348103 (hardcover) : 9780374348106 |