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Inc. Knox Gelatine
A sharp business mind helped turn plain, unflavored gelatin into a household staple in America. After her husband's death, she quietly led the Knox Gelatine company and built it into a major national brand.
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Gel It! Easy Ways to be a Spectacular Cook
by Inc. Knox Gelatine
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Born in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1857, Rose Knox became one of the most successful American businesswomen of her era. She and her husband, Charles B. Knox, invested in a prepared gelatin business in Johnstown, New York, and helped popularize packaged, unflavored gelatin for home cooks.
After Charles B. Knox died in 1908, she continued running the company, though for several years that leadership was not publicly announced. In 1914, it became known that she had been serving as president, and she went on to expand the business through advertising, recipe marketing, and wider industrial uses for gelatin.
Her work made the Knox name famous in American kitchens, and she later also took a leadership role in the gelatin manufacturing business in Camden, New Jersey. Remembered for both business skill and persistence, she helped open doors for women in corporate leadership long before that was common.