Ellene Alice Bailey was born in Pond Fort, Missouri back in 1853 to Robert and Lucinda. While I don’t have a date, she moved to New York where he opened up a manufacturing business. She became a designer of clothing and household goods among other things. She died in 1897 age 43 or 44, as I don’t have the month and day of her birth.
What you may not know about her is that she was also an inventor. One of her early inventions was the “Dart” needle patented in 1884, she made the first 60,000 of these by herself. Some other practical things she invented was a holder for rubber overshoes, a manicure case, a photograph album, several clocks and ornamental tables. However, what she is most noted for was her patent of 1882 which was a powder puff, she went on to invent three more variations of the powder puff, the last on patented in 1892.
Until tomorrow give someone the free gift of a smile
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