Lillian Gilbreth

Author : Jane Lancaster
Publisher : Northeastern University Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781555538613

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Making Time by Jane Lancaster Pdf

Readers of Cheaper by the Dozen remember Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) as the working mom who endures the antics of not only twelve children but also an engineer husband eager to experiment with the principles of efficiency -- especially on his own household. What readers today might not know is that Lillian Gilbreth was herself a high-profile engineer, and the only woman to win the coveted Hoover Medal for engineers. She traveled the world, served as an advisor on women's issues to five U.S. presidents, and mingled with the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart. Her husband, Frank Gilbreth, died after twenty years of marriage, leaving her to raise their eleven surviving children, all under the age of nineteen. She continued her career and put each child through college. Retiring at the age of ninety, Lillian Gilbreth was the working mother who "did it all." Jane Lancaster's spirited and richly detailed biography tells Lillian Gilbreth's life story-one that resonates with issues faced today by many working women. Lancaster confronts the complexities of how one of the twentieth century's foremost career women could be pregnant, nursing, or caring for children for more than three decades. Yet we see how Gilbreth's engineering work dovetailed with her family life in the professional and domestic partnership that she forged with her husband and in her long solo career. The innovators behind many labor-saving devices and procedures used in factories, offices, and kitchens, the Gilbreths tackled the problem of efficiency through motion study. To this Lillian added a psychological dimension, with empathy toward the worker. The couple's expertise also yielded the "Gilbreth family system," a model that allowed the mother to be professionally active if she chose, while the parents worked together to raise responsible citizens. Lancaster has woven into her narrative many insights gleaned from interviews with the surviving Gilbreth children and from historical research into such topics as technology, family, work, and feminism. Filled with anecdotes, this definitive biography of Lillian Gilbreth will engage readers intrigued by one of America's most famous families and by one of the nation's most successful women.

Author : Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Publisher : Inst of Industrial Engineers
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0898061865

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As I Remember by Lillian Moller Gilbreth Pdf

Reminiscences of Lillian Gilbreth, co-author of Cheaper by the Dozen and recipient of honors and awards which are listed at the end of the book along with academic degrees, memberships, and books and articles she authored.

Author : Julie Des Jardins
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813347646

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Lillian Gilbreth by Julie Des Jardins Pdf

Lillian Gilbreth is a stunning example of female ingenuity in the early twentieth century. At a time when women were standard fixtures in the home and barely accepted in many professions, Gilbreth excelled in both spheres, concurrently winning honors as “Engineer of the Year” and “Mother of the Year.” This accessible, engaging introduction to the life of Lillian Gilbreth examines her pivotal role in establishing the discipline of industrial psychology, her work as an engineer of domestic management and home economics, and her role as mother of twelve children—made famous by the book, and later movie, Cheaper by the Dozen. This book examines the life of an exceptional woman who was able to negotiate the divide between the public and domestic spheres and define it on her terms. About the Lives of American Women series: Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a “good read,” featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.

Author : Julie Des Jardins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429978821

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Lillian Gilbreth by Julie Des Jardins Pdf

Lillian Gilbreth is a stunning example of female ingenuity in the early twentieth century. At a time when women were standard fixtures in the home and barely accepted in many professions, Gilbreth excelled in both spheres, concurrently winning honors as 'Engineer of the Year' and 'Mother of the Year'. This accessible, engaging introduction to the life of Lillian Gilbreth examines her pivotal role in establishing the discipline of industrial psychology, her work as an engineer of domestic management and home economics, and her role as mother of twelve children - made famous by the book, and later movie, Cheaper by the Dozen. This book examines the life of an exceptional woman who was able to negotiate the divide between the public and domestic spheres and define it on her terms. About the Lives of American Women series: selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read' featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.

Author : Michael C. Wood,John Cunningham Wood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415309476

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Frank and Lillian Gilbreth by Michael C. Wood,John Cunningham Wood Pdf

Author : Lillian Moller Gilbreth,Frank B. Gilbreth
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066427665

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Fatigue Study: The Elimination of Humanity's Greatest Unnecessary Waste by Lillian Moller Gilbreth,Frank B. Gilbreth Pdf

"Fatigue Study: The Elimination of Humanity's Greatest Unnecessary Waste: A First Step in Motion Study" by Lillian Moller Gilbreth and Frank B. Gilbreth was written in 1916, but had retained much of its relevance even over a century later. Written by a psychologist and an engineer, this helped shape people's understanding of how the human mind and motion are interconnected.

Author : Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465588807

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The Psychology of Management: The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste by Lillian Moller Gilbreth Pdf

Author : Gabriele Kass-Simon,Patricia Farnes,Deborah Nash
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0253208130

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Women of Science by Gabriele Kass-Simon,Patricia Farnes,Deborah Nash Pdf

Women of Science is a collection of essays dealing with contributions women have made to various scientific disciplines, written by women scientists in those disciplines. The areas covered are: astronomy, archaeology, biology, chemistry, crystallography, engineering, geology, mathematics, medicine, and physics. The women who have written these essays are, for the most part, not professional historians, but rather scientific professionals who felt the necessity of researching the contributions women have made to the devlopment of their fields. The essays are unique, not only because they recover lost women who made significant contributions to their disciplines, but also because they are written with a depth of understanding that only a scientist working in a specific area can have. The essays will be of interest not only to students (especially women students) of science who may be unaware of the many contributions women have made, but also to readers of the history of science whoses texts more often than not fail to include the work of most women scientists.

Author : Julie Des Jardins
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781558616554

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The Madame Curie Complex by Julie Des Jardins Pdf

The historian and author of Lillian Gilbreth examines the “Great Man” myth of science with profiles of women scientists from Marie Curie to Jane Goodall. Why is science still considered to be predominantly male profession? In The Madame Curie Complex, Julie Des Jardin dismantles the myth of the lone male genius, reframing the history of science with revelations about women’s substantial contributions to the field. She explores the lives of some of the most famous female scientists, including Jane Goodall, the eminent primatologist; Rosalind Franklin, the chemist whose work anticipated the discovery of DNA’s structure; Rosalyn Yalow, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist; and, of course, Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer whose towering, mythical status has both empowered and stigmatized future generations of women considering a life in science. With lively anecdotes and vivid detail, The Madame Curie Complex reveals how women scientists have changed the course of science—and the role of the scientist—throughout the twentieth century. They often asked different questions, used different methods, and came up with different, groundbreaking explanations for phenomena in the natural world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:733692754

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Cheaper by the Dozen by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frank B. Gilbreth,Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480457072

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Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth,Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Pdf

The #1 New York Times–bestselling classic: A hilarious memoir of two parents, twelve kids, and “a life of cheerfully controlled chaos” (The New York Times). Translated into more than fifty languages, Cheaper by the Dozen is the unforgettable story of the Gilbreth clan as told by two of its members. In this endearing, amusing memoir, siblings Frank Jr. and Ernestine capture the hilarity and heart of growing up in an oversized family. Mother and Dad are world-renowned efficiency experts, helping factories fine-tune their assembly lines for maximum output at minimum cost. At home, the Gilbreths themselves have cranked out twelve kids, and Dad is out to prove that efficiency principles can apply to family as well as the workplace. The heartwarming and comic stories of the jumbo-size Gilbreth clan have delighted generations of readers, and will keep you and yours laughing for years. This ebook features an illustrated biography including rare photos from the authors’ estates.

Author : Monica Kulling
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781101918432

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Spic-and-Span! by Monica Kulling Pdf

Born into a life of privilege in 1878, Lillian Moller Gilbreth put her pampered life aside for one of adventure and challenge. She and her husband, Frank, became efficiency experts by studying the actions of factory workers. They ran their home efficiently, too. When Frank suddenly died, Lillian was left to her own devices to raise their eleven children. Eventually, she was hired by the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company to improve kitchen design, which was only the beginning. Lillian Gilbreth was the subject of two movies (Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes), the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and the first female psychologist to have a U.S. postage stamp issued in her honor. A leading efficiency expert, she was also an industrial engineer, a psychologist, an author, a professor and an inventor.

Author : Morgen Witzel
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0415369770

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Fifty Key Figures in Management by Morgen Witzel Pdf

A collection of biographies of fifty people who have helped make management what it is today.

Author : Lillian Moller 1878-1972 Gilbreth
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019351977

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The Quest of the One Best Way, a Sketch of the Life of Frank Bunker Gilbreth by Lillian Moller 1878-1972 Gilbreth Pdf

Frank Bunker Gilbreth was a pioneer in the field of industrial engineering, and his life and work are chronicled in this engaging biography by his wife, Lillian Moller Gilbreth. From his early years as a bricklayer to his groundbreaking research on time and motion studies, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of a remarkable man. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Margaret E. Layne
Publisher : ASCE Publications
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0784409803

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Women in Engineering by Margaret E. Layne Pdf

Women in Engineering: Pioneers and Trailblazers introduces the visionary women who opened the door for today s female engineers. Pioneers such as Emily Roebling, Kate Gleason, Edith Clarke, and Katherine Stinson come to life in this anthology of essays, articles, lectures, and reports. In this book, the significant contributions women have made to engineering, in areas as diverse as construction management, environmental protection, and industrial efficiency, are finally placed in their proper historical context. Studies on women engineers in the 1920s and in the years following World War II, underscore how far women have progressed in engineering, and how far they have to go. With selections that span a century of historical and social analysis, Women in Engineering: Pioneers and Trailblazers and its companion volume, Women in Engineering: Professional Life, present a range of perspectives on women in engineering that will be of interest to historians, engineers, educators, and students. About the Author Margaret E. Layne, P.E., is project director of Advance VT, a program created at Virginia Tech to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.