biography
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Knox, Rose Markward
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| female
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| lived:
| (1857–1950)
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| biography:
| Food products manufacturer, born in Mansfield, Ohio, USA. In 1883 she married Charles Briggs Knox, a glove salesman, and they started a profitable gelatin business together. Following his death (1908), she ran the Knox Gelatin Co, based in Jamestown, NY, and turned it into a market leader. She sponsored research, directed the advertising towards women, emphasized nutritional values and sanitary production, and created a market for food-quality gelatin by publishing recipe books. She was also a progressive employer, pioneering the five-day working week and paid sick and holiday leave. She was the first woman on the board of directors of the American Grocery Manufacturers' Association (1929) and became known as the grand old lady of American business, relinquishing the presidency at age 90, but remaining as chair of the company. |
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