Fed up of chipping her precious china when washing up, and faced with the pressure providing for her family, she decided, “If nobody else is going to invent a dishwashing machine, I’ll do it myself”. In 1926, her company was bought by KitchenAid which later became part of the household-name Whirlpool Corporation. https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/07/12/the-forgotten-housewife-who-invented-your-dishwasher/