02272cam a2200373 i 4500 889034426 TxAuBib 20231115120000.0 211227s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021925698 9781635926217 HRD 18.99 1635926211 HRD 18.99 TxAuBib rda Hannigan, Kate, author. Josephine and her dishwashing machine [BOOK] : Josephine Cochrane's bright invention makes a big splash / written by Kate Hannigan ; illustrated by Sarah Green. Josephine and her dishwashing machine. First edition. New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2023. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. 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. Provided by publisher. Ages 7-10 Calkins Creek. Grades 4-6 Calkins Creek. 20231115. Cochrane, Josephine Garis 1839-1913 Juvenile literature. Dishwashing machines History Juvenile literature. Women inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature. Inventors Juvenile literature. Women Biography Juvenile literature. Green, Sarah, illustrator.