About
American inventor of the dishwasher. She introduced her invention to the world at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Before fame
She was a wealthy woman who disliked doing the dishes.
Trivia
She started the Garis-Cochran Manufacturing Company, which later became part of Whirlpool.
Family life
She married William Cochran in 1858; they had daughters named Hallie and Katharine together.
Associated with
She and Alexander Graham Bell were both inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
