Lillian Moller Gilbreth

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Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) of Montclair, New Jersey was a pioneer in engineering and scientific management.

She and her husband were the parents of twelve children and the subject of a book, titled Cheaper by the Dozen, about their application of scientific management principles to the home.

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References:

Des Jardins, Julie. Lillian Gilbreth: Redefining Domesticity. Lives of American Women, 

edited by Carol Berkin. Boulder, CA: Westview Press, 2013.

Gilbreth, Lillian Moller. As I remember: an autobiography. Norcross, Ga: Engineering & Management Press, 1998. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38390516. 

Lancaster, Jane. Making Time: Lilian Moller Gilbreth – A Life Beyond “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004.

Alchon, Guy. “Lillian Gilbreth and the Science of Management, 1900-1920.” Essays in Economic & Business History 7 

Bullough, Vern L. “Merchandising the Sanitary Napkin: Lillian Gilbreth’s 1927.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society 10, no. 3 (1985): 615-627.

Graham, Laurel D. “Lillian Gilbreth’s Psychologically Enriched Scientific Management of Women Consumers.” Journal of Historical Research in Marketing 5, no. 3 (2013): 351-369.

Jane, Whitney Gibson, Russell W. Clayton, Jack Deem, Jacqueline E. Einstein, and Erin L. Henry. “Viewing the Work of Lillian M. Gilbreth through the Lens of Critical Biography.” Journal of Management History 21, no. 3 (2015): 288-308.

Krenn, Mario. “From Scientific Management to Homemaking: Lillian M. Gilbreth’s Contributions to the Development of Management Thought.” Management & Organizational History 6, no. 2 (May 2011): 145–61.