Women and their Incredible Inventions


Bangalore: Women have been increasingly contributing to the innovations happening globally which has helped wipe away the gender discrimination prevailing in the society and has established that women are nowhere behind men. They are no longer denied their place when it comes to inventions and discoveries and their stories of significant advancements in diverse fields are no more silent; they are changing the world! Here are some of the prominent ladies whose contributions to the world will be memorized throughout centuries-

8. Margaret Knight-Machine to make Square-bottomed Paper Bag

Margaret Knight, an employee of paper bag factory invented a new machine part that mechanically folds and glues the paper bags, creating square bottom for it. When she asked workmen to install it, the answer she got was kind of depressing, "what does a woman know about machines?"The paper bag made with the help of her machine, with square bottoms which can carry more items since the weight is distributed across the base was Margaret’s answer to the people who underestimated women. She is recognized as  "the most famous 19th-century woman inventor" and is considered to be the mother of grocery bag.