Lillian Gilbreth : redefining domesticity /
An accessible and engaging introduction to the life of Lillian Gilbreth. At a time when women were fixtures in the home and rarely accepted in many professions, Gilbreth excelled in both spheres, at one point winning mother and engineer of the year. She worked to establish the discipline of industri...
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Boulder, Colo :
Westview Press,
©2013.
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| Series: | Lives of American women
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Lillie Moller's Victorian World, 1878-1895
- 2. College and Adventure: The Sensibilities of a New Woman, 1896-1904
- 3. The Gilbreths' Brand of Companionate Marriage, 1904-1908
- 4. Scientific Management and the Human Element in the Progressive Age, 1909-1911
- 5. Dailiness in Providence, 1912-1916
- 6. Battles on the Home Front and War Front, 1916-1918
- 7. Montclair: An Experiment in Science and Domesticity, 1919-1924
- 8. The Widow: Sexism and Breadwinning, 1924-1928
- 9. Systematizing Women's Operations During the Depression, 1929-1939.