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Frances Gabe
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Frances Gabe was born in 1915. She thought of herself as a “bossy kid” while growing up. At age fourteen, she attended the Girl’s Polytechnic Collage in Portland, Oregon, and finished a four year program in just two years. When Frances Gabe was an adult, she married and had two children. Her last name then became Bateson. She worked as a building repairer and builder for over
45 years. Frances spent her spare time working on her invention,
the Self-Cleaning House. She finally finished her work forty years after she started. Each room had a ten inch box that had three buttons: wash, rinse, and dry. The water drained into drains at each corner of the rooms. The furniture had waterproof fabric. She put all of her valuables in glass boxes. The walls, floors, and non-fabric furniture were covered with resin. The cupboards washed and dried the dishes. The closets washed and dried the clothes. She is hoping to sell her patent so that the elderly and disabled can have an easier life in the future. |
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