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Mary Bendelari
StoryWomen of Murphysburg

Mary Bendelari

Inventor, Designer, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Lobbyist, Socialite, Manufacturer Mary also patented an elastic-edge tablecloth and a rigid bed sheet.  Mary was born in Ohio in 1902, but…

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