Lillian Moller Gilbreth earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Brown University but is best known, along with her husband Frank Bunker Gilbreth, for revolutionizing management techniques. In Cheaper by the Dozen (1948), their children lovingly described life in the unusually "efficient" Gilbreth family. - Smithsonian on Flickr Commons
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
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American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972)
| Born | 1878 |
| Died | 1972 |
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Lillian Moller Gilbreth
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American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972)
| Born | 1878 |
| Died | 1972 |
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Industrial efficiency, Home economics, Biography, Child rearing, Families, Motion study, Activities of Daily Living, Efficiency, Factory management, Family, History, Housekeeping, Industrial Psychology, Industrial Supervisors, Industrial engineering, Industrial engineers, Industrial management, Managerial economics, Methods, Personnel management, Social conditions, Sources, Supervisors, Industrial, Women, Women industrial engineersID Numbers
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