SUSIE ROBETTE - METALWARE CORP - USA

Plastic battery op skirted robot housemaker housewife robot. Complete with vacuum, brush etc. Suzy. The Metalware Corp, Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Similar plastic - rivet design to Robert the Robot.

First sighted in FAO Schwarz Catalog for Christmas 1957

Ad copy reads:

Susie Robette The "Little Lady" Electric Housekeeper
Sensationally New!!
The First Lady Robot!!

No.30 Susie Robette
Sweeps - Dusts - Vacuums!!
Moves forward...Or...in left or right circles!!
11" tall. Tough, high-impact plastic in metallic finish. Apron, bows, etc. in accentuating pastel color. Precision built, quality motor, operates on two 1 1/2 volt flashlight batteries, easily replaceable.
"On" and "Off" switch is Susie's bow in back. Lever 2" below bow directs Susie in straight or left or right circular movement. She can sweep, dust or vacuum as she moves, or she can move without working.
Steel drive rods and all plastic gears. Hair and pony tail of coppered wire. Hands equipped with plastic grips to clutch broom, duster or vacuum.
Packaged in beautiful display box...with broom, duster and vacuum. Batteries not supplied.
Patent filed in 1956 and published in 1959
Pat No. 2881559
Inventor Marvin Glass United States