Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor | Emily Arnold McCully

Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor | Emily Arnold McCully | Inventions; persistence and a glimpse of industrial age

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	Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor Emily Arnold McCully Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2006 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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With her sketchbook labeled My Inventions and her father?s
toolbox, Mattie could make almost anything ? toys, sleds, and
a foot warmer. When she was just twelve years old, Mattie
designed a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off
textile looms and injuring workers. As an adult, Mattie
invented the machine that makes the square-bottom paper
bags we still use today. However, in court, a man claimed the
invention was his, stating that she ?could not possibly
understand the mechanical complexities.? Marvelous Mattie
proved him wrong, and over the course of her life earned the
title of ?the Lady Edison.? With charming pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations, this
introduction to one of the most prolific female inventors will
leave readers inspired.

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A lively story of one girl's determination to succeed against all gender odds

Emily Arnold McCully's Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became An Inventor is based on the true story of a female inventor around the turn of the century, but reads like fiction and thus is featured here. Mattie loves to make things at an early age and loves to invent whenever a challenge comes up - but she lives during a time when women are believed to be unable to understand mechanical concepts. Her battle for recognition brought her all the way to the patent office and makes for a lively story of one girl's determination to succeed against all gender odds.

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Inventions; persistence and a glimpse of industrial age

An elementary librarian recommended this book to me and I bought it for my elementary school as well. Stories details encourage students to think about life of a young woman during the industrial age as well as being an inventor. Multiple lessons can be off shoots from reading this book. Book could be read alone by 4-5 graders but read aloud to younger grades.

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