Thursday, November 16, 2023

American Woman: 1886 Josephine G. Cochran

Josephine G. Cochran was a wealthy socialite in Shelbyville, Illinois when she got the idea to invent a dishwasher.

Cochrane employed servants to perform housework in her mansion, but started washing her fine china herself when she discovered some of the servants had accidentally chipped them.

Cochrane found her brief exposure to housework unpleasant, and resolved to build a machine that could wash the dishes for her.

The result was the first commercially-successful dishwasher, which Cochrane patented in 1886.



Previous attempts at dishwashers had used scrubbers, but Cochrane’s design was more effective because it used water pressure to clean the dishes.

With her patent secure, she founded Cochran’s Crescent Washing Machine Company. Because the machine was too expensive for most households, Cochran sold most of her dishwashers to hotels and restaurants.

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American women are the heart of America. They know how to solve problems, juggle responsibilities, and remain adamant, fearless, courageous and caring for 400 years (1607-2024)

America has been the benefactor of the love and courage of women since the day they stepped into the New World we now call America.

Women are problem-solvers both in and out of the home. That’s likely why many life-changing inventions and discoveries point to an American woman. They’ve given us solid leaders and inventions that transformed life, faith, family and the American Dream.

How important women are to the success of our great country.

Women are the heart of America, and America owes her women the same.

Source: History.com and the public domain///