Margarete Steiff
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title:
Margarete Steiff
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Margarete Steiff was a German seamstress who in 1880 founded Margarete Steiff GmbH, more widely known as Steiff, a maker of toy stuffed animals. Born in Giengen, Germany, Margarete contracted polio as a child, leaving her with both legs paralyzed and pain in her right arm. After training as a seamstress, she was able to raise enough money to purchase a sewing machine by teaching people to play the zither. She began making clothes, eventually opening her own store in 1877. Around this time, Marga
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Foundress of Margarete Steiff GmbH in Germany
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarete_Steiff
date created:
2007-08-11T04:05:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T21:07:11Z
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