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Rebel Girls

Margarete Steiff: Made with Love

Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

With a needle, a bit of stuffing and a lot of creativity, inventor Margarete Steiff stitched one of the most beloved toys into existence: the teddy bear. She turned her passion into a business forever changing the way children go to sleep. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Olivia Riçhard with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Jenise Morgan. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's time to rest again, rebels, to snuggle up, close your eyes and let go of all the thoughts and questions left over from your day.

0:26.3

If you want, you can lift your shoulders all the way up to your ears.

0:33.8

Take a big, deep breath in and then let it go.

0:45.0

Now, if you can, squeeze your hands together super tight, super tight. Take a big, deep breath in and release.

0:59.3

And last, but not least, if you're able to,

1:04.3

scrunch up your toes until they're teeny tiny.

1:07.6

Take a big, deep breath in, and then let it all go now just feel your whole body melt into the bed or wherever you're

1:23.1

resting right now let your mind wander into the night sky where the stars are twinkling in the

1:32.3

glow of the moon. Tonight, we're going to hear a very special story about a rebel who changed the way we go to sleep.

1:47.4

Her name is Marguerite Stefe,

1:51.3

and she lived all the way back in the late 1800s.

1:57.6

Marguerite was truly brave, incredibly kind, and she's the reason I'm here today to tell you this story.

2:08.6

You see, my name's Teddy, and I'm the first teddy bear with moving arms and moving legs. Marguerite is the one who stitched me together

2:21.4

and gave me my smile. She sang me lullabies and made sure I was super snugly. And she filled me

2:32.1

with love from my fuzzy head to my furry toes.

2:38.0

So come on, let me tell you how it all began.

2:43.4

First we're going to travel back through time and space until we come to the rolling green countryside of Bavaria, Germany.

2:57.1

The year is 1864.

3:01.3

The air is warm and calm and there's a gentle river winding its way through the fields like a long blue ribbon.

3:11.3

On the other side of the river, you can see the sun is just setting,

3:17.3

like a scoop of peach ice cream perched in the cup that is the horizon.

3:23.3

As you follow the sunsets at, perched in the cup that is the horizon.

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