In 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, in front of a model American kitchen full of appliances, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sparred over the advantages of the two countries’ economic systems. Nixon pointed to the dishwasher on display: “In America, we like to make life easier for women.”
Unimpressed, Khrushchev retorted, “Your capitalistic attitude toward women does not occur under Communism.”
