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Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane's Bright Invention Makes a Splash

Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine: Josephine Cochrane's Bright Invention Makes a Splash

Green, Sarah
Hannigan, Kate

Hardcover

BiographyHistoryScience & Nature

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1635926211
ISBN13: 9781635926217
Publisher: Calkins Creek
Published: Mar 14 2023
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.39 Width: 8.58 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
Celebrate the inventor of the dishwasher in this inspiring STEM/STEAM picture book biography about Josephine Garis Cochrane, the brains behind one of the world's most-used kitchen appliances.

Many Americans have a dishwasher in their kitchen. But who invented it?

Meet Josephine Garis Cochrane: entrepreneur, innovator, girlboss. Washing dishes is a pain--it leaves Josephine's cups cracked, her dishes dinged, and her chowder bowls chipped. She'd rather be picking flowers, frosting cakes, or playing piano than dealing with cracked crockery. What to do about a chore that's icky, destructive, and time-consuming? Josephine tackles this task the modern way: she makes a machine to do it for her! She tinkers and tests, and perseveres through fizzles and flops--until she has a government patent for her invention, and there are whirring, whizzing, bubbling dishwashers making a splash across America.

This charming tale includes an author's note, a list of notable women inventors, a timeline of fascinating inventions, and a list of sources.

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