While the stuffed bears were eventually named for President Theodore Roosevelt, part of their origin story can be traced to Germany with a woman named Margarete Steiff. She founded her company in ...

July 24, 2022 is the 175th birthday of Margarete Steiff. A great opportunity to introduce this woman entrepreneur to your students.

Hans-Otto Steiff, 75, retired president of Margarete Steiff G.m.b.H., makers of teddy bears and other animal toys, died Dec. 31 in his hometown of Giengen, Germany, after several strokes. The ...

So, it is with pleasure that I tell you that your puppet is “Jolly Hase” made by the German toy company Steiff somewhere between 1973 and 1986. Margarete Steiff was born in Germany in 1847.

For more than 100 years children have experienced the joy of finding a teddy bear or another cuddly Steiff toy under the tree on Christmas morning ...

Set in the nineteenth century, the story of Margarete Steiff, who was crippled by disease from childhood and, during the early part of her life, was confined to her poor family home in rural Germany.

Margarete Steiff, stricken as a child with polio, was a wheelchair-bound entrepreneur, founding the Felt Mail Order Co. in 1877 in her hometown of Giengen, Germany.

The company’s painstaking approach to toymaking began in 1880 in the Giengen dressmaking shop of Margarete Steiff, Hans-Otto’s great-aunt. Partially paralyzed by polio since childhood ...

Steiff's teddy bears, loved by children of all ages the world over, are distinctive, says Toyohiko Sato, a member of the exhibition committee. "First, the material used is mohair, the expensive ...

A secretary has filed a $60 million sexual harassment suit that threatens to take the stuffing out of famed teddy bear maker Margarete Steiff GmbH. The German company and CEO Martin Frechen are ...

Pictures from inside the world famous Steiff factory in Giengen an der Brenz, Germany, demonstrate the traditional techniques used to create the hand-crafted bears.