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Who invented the paper bag?

Updated: 9/14/2023
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Francis Wolle, one of the United States most prolific female inventors, invented a machine for making paper bags in 1852. She received patents for in in the US and later in France and England.

Over the years many people tried to improve on it and variations appeared, like the square bottomed bag. But Francis Wolle was the first.

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