I t was early in 2007, and Josephine Cochrane, a social worker in Brooklyn, New York, was having a bad day.“What’s the matter?” her supervisor asked. Josephine told her what was on her mind ...

Earlier this year, many people freaked out over the news that basic modern kitchen appliances like microwaves, refrigerators and dishwashers could be spying on their owners. As experts have said ...

Josephine Cochrane Invented The Modern Dishwasher — In 1886. March 11, 2025 by Donald Papp 42 Comments . Popular Science has an excellent article on how Josephine Cochrane transformed how ...

The first dishwasher was invented in 1892. Tired of servants breaking her dishes, Josephine Cochrane rigged a copper pot with stiff brushes and a motor. It worked so well that she showed it at the ...

WASHINGTON — “If nobody else is going to invent a dishwashing machine, I’ll do it myself.” With those words, Josephine Cochrane set out in 1886 to contrive a way to clean tableware more ...

The inventiveness of women is often overlooked. Take Josephine Cochrane, the inventor of the dishwasher. While she's often presented as the granddaughter of the man who introduced steamships to ...

Josephine Cochrane, a Chicago woman determined to end the drudgery of scrubbing by hand, gets credit for inventing the appliance in the late 1800s. The Hill House model isn’t a “Cochrane” ...

Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, Josephine Cochrane, Flossie Wong-Staal, and Mary Anderson are the names of just a few women who have invented products that have helped people and even saved lives ...

Erin Birum, of Columbus, carves the fine details into the sculpture of Ohio inventor Josephine Cochrane. A team of Ohio-based sculptors spent 360 hours in a 46-degree cooler to create this year ...