Making time : Lillian Moller Gilbreth--a life beyond "Cheaper by the dozen"
"Readers of Cheaper by the Dozen remember Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) as the nurturing 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 biography tells Lillian Gilbreth's life story - one that resonates with issues faced today by many working women. 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."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2004
Northeastern University Press, Boston, ©2004
Biography
xii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781555536121, 9781555536527, 1555536123, 1555536522
53186537
I: There was only one consolation, and that was work
Gone west
II: Dear Lillie was always a remarkable person
Once upon a time
The "Athens of the Pacific"
In search of the strenuous life
III: The one best partnership
Not like any boys we know
Even quest makers change their minds
A long-distance engagement
The one best marriage
Planning a family
Mentioned from the platform by Taylor
IV: "Some classy bear-cat and cave-woman"
Divine providence
Scientifically managing New England Butt
The good exception
A second dissertation
Therbligs and tonsils
The home front
The Gilbreth family system
Indicting the stopwatch
V: "Successfully in two places at the same time"
"Here I stand, 'the case!'"
Am I a lady or an engineer?
Counter cultures for women
The home-maker and her job
The kitchen and the office
VI: "One of America's foremost women"
This home is for Hoover
A dollar-a-year woman in Washington
Woman power
Professor Gilbreth
A superannuated bachelor girl goes to war
As resilient as a good rubber band
VII: "Only a thermometer has more degrees"
Cheaper by the dozen
Work, for the night is coming
"It doesn't take long to get back from Rangoon."