Since 1952, the Whirlpool Foundation has been making real, positive differences in local communities where Whirlpool Corporation families live and work. This is accomplished through two central ...

Clay County Archivist Petra Gunderson-Leith mined patent records for local inventions and discovered some priceless gems. In ...

Imagine washing clothes by hand for up to 20 hours each week. This is a reality for more than 5 billion people worldwide. In remote villages and settlements — many lacking electricity or running water ...

Technology has always been used to make heavy work feel lighter. Inventions like the wheel, the first washing machine, and the steam engine were designed to save us from backbreaking labor. The time ...