Josephine Cochrane
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American inventor (1839–1913)
Key facts
- Born
- Josephine Garis , ( 1839-03-08 ) March 8, 1839, Ashtabula County , Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- August 3, 1913 (1913-08-03) (aged 74), Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Known for
- Inventor of a popular model of dishwasher
- Spouse
- William Cochran ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1858 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josephine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shelbyville
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Image
- Josephine Garis Cochrane.png
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- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- date of birth
- 1839-01-01
- date of death
- 1913-01-01
- name in native language
- Josephine Lorelai Coachrana
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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- Josephine Cochrane
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Josephine Cochran (later Cochrane; née Garis; March 8, 1839 – August 3, 1913) was an American inventor who invented and manufactured the first successful hand-powered dishwasher.
Once her patent issued on 28 December 1886, she founded Garis-Cochrane Manufacturing Company to manufacture her machines. Cochrane showed her new machine at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 where nine Garis-Cochran washers were installed in the restaurants and pavilions of the fair and was met with interest from restaurants and hotels, where hot water access was not an issue. She won the prize for "best mechanical construction, durability and adaptation to its line of work" at the Fair. Garis-Cochran Manufacturing Company, which built dishwashers, grew through a focus on hotels and other commercial customers and was renamed as Cochran's Crescent Washing Machine Company in 1897.
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