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Ellen Eglin
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Ellen F. Eglin was an African-American inventor who invented a clothes wringer.
Example of a clothes wringer that was used during the 19th century.
Example of a clothes wringer that was used during the 19th century.
Mangle (machine)
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A mangle is a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers in a sturdy frame, connected by cogs and, in its home version, powered by a hand crank or by electricity.
Ellen Eglin
…Ellen F. Eglin (before 1849 – after 1890) was an African-American inventor who invented a clothes wringer. Eglin was born in 1849 in Washington, D.C., with few details available about her childhood and earlier life. Eglin worked as a clerk in a local census…
A mangle being used in a domestic science course during World War II
A mangle being used in a domestic science course during World War II
A Norrahammars Bruk, model 3005-2, mangle from 1934
A Norrahammars Bruk, model 3005-2, mangle from 1934
A primitive mangle at the childhood home of Aleksis Kivi in Palojoki, Nurmijärvi, Finland, pictured in 2005
A primitive mangle at the childhood home of Aleksis Kivi in Palojoki, Nurmijärvi, Finland, pictured in 2005
With the dominant hand on the handle and the other hand on the mangle, the user presses on the roll while it is pushed back and forth. Photo: Norwegia
With the dominant hand on the handle and the other hand on the mangle, the user presses on the roll while it is pushed back and forth. Photo: Norwegian Folk Museum, 1962.