Ajit Pai @AjitPai
Josephine Cochran invented the first practical dishwasher, designing a water pressure-based model in a backyard shed in Shelbyville, IL. She received a patent for it on this date in 1886. (But dishwashers wouldn't catch on with the public until the 1950s.) https://t.co/i3EbLLCURt — PolitiTweet.org