Maybe your mother did not trust a dishwasher; her loss. We had a GE bow tie impeller machine. Cast iron skillets were the only cookware that did not go in and, unlike the KA, large pans could go in the lower rack. I remember the drain after the first pre-rinse after a spaghetti dinner and it was a spectacular red with bits of lettuce from the salad and little bits of pasta. It was neat when we had company and when the meal was over, first time female guests said that they wanted to help mom with the dishes. She would tell them that there was nothing to help do and then she would show them her dishwasher. They would then want to know if the dishes had to be washed or maybe rinsed before going into the machine and she would tell them that she just got rid of things like potato skins then loaded the dishes. Mom was responsible for many of her friends who did not already have a dishwasher buying a GE. Unlike earlier dishwashers, the GE had a disposer-type pump, not the little drain pump with a cup-like strainer to trap food particles and keep them in the machine. KitchenAid did a similar thing with a larger filter but it did a bit of self cleaning when the drain valve opened and, by its design, tended to keep larger particles from recirculating.
How many people have found the Crosley dishwasher advertising plate with the question "How about you doing the dishes tonight or how about buying me a CROSLEY automatic dishwasher?" It has 22 K gold border. They turn up in flea market settings and on eBay.