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Lillian Moller Gilbreth, 1878-1972
Born Oakland, California
Lillian Gilbreth had twelve children during the course of her marriage. That did not prevent her, however, from obtaining a doctorate in industrial psychology. Nor did it stop her from taking an active part in the consulting business started by her husband Frank, a pioneer in efficiency engineering. With Frank's death in 1924, Lillian took over the business, and by the 1930s she was the country's leading authority in applying workplace efficiency to home management. Among Gilbreth's most lasting achievements were her efforts to devise ways for the physically handicapped to lead more independent lives.
Gilbreth posed for this portrait around 1930. Later her daughter Ernestine purchased the picture with royalties from Cheaper by the Dozen, the best-selling memoir that she and her brother had written about their life.
Frank Herring, 1929-30 |