Margaret E. Knight
1838-1914
American Inventor
As a woman and an inventor, Margaret Knight is significant due to the number of inventions she produced and for the number of patents she received during...
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Born in York, Maine, Margaret E. "Mattie" Knight, nicknamed "Lady Edison," spent her childhood in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she received a meager education. Estranged from the usual pastimes of...
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Margaret E. Knight
Margaret E. Knight