Margarete steiff biography meaning
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Margarete steiff biography meaning
175th birthday of Margarete Steiff
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Margarete Steiff with teddy bear, she rarely had herself photographed with her teddy bears; on the right, excerpt from the Trademark Directory of 1905
Toy inventor and fighter for a self-determined life
The "Knopf im Ohr" ("Button in Ear") is one of the most traditional German brands.
Yet its founder Margarete Steiff had to overcome health hurdles before she could become a successful entrepreneur. She was born on July 24, 1847 in Giengen an der Brenz in Württemberg and would have celebrated her 175th birthday these days.
Margarete was a lively child and grew up carefree until she contracted polio at the age of one and a half.
From then on, her legs are paralyzed and she can only move her right hand with pain. She is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life, and several cures for the disease are unsuccessful. This means that marriage is out of the question for her in the second half of the 19th century, nor does she have an