Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth, A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen"

Lancaster, Jane

ISBN 10: 1555536123 / ISBN 13: 9781555536121

Published by Northeastern Univ Pr, 2004

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This is a former library copy. May contain marking or signs of regular use.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth, A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen"
• Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555536123
• ISBN 13: 9781555536121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Lillian Moller Galbraith's life story as mother to twelve, wife to an experimental engineer husband, adviser on women's issues to five U.S. presidents, and winner of the Hoover Medal for engineers is told in this account of a working mother who was one of the nation's most successful women.

About the Author

Jane Lancaster holds a Ph.D. in history from Brown University. A high school teacher for many years, she has won several awards, including the prestigious Christa McAuliffe Fellowship, and is now a lecturer on women's history. She has published Inquire Within, a history of the Providence Athenaeum, a private subscription library, and her numerous articles have appeared in such publications as the Providence Journal and the Journal of American History. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.