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Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Wikipedia:
Lillian Moller Gilbreth (May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972) was one of the first working female engineers holding a PhD.
She is arguably the first true industrial/organizational psychologist. She and her husband Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. were pioneers in the field of industrial engineering. Their interest in time and motion study may have had something to do with the fact that they had an extremely large family. The books Cheaper By The Dozen and Belles on Their Toes are the story of their family life with their twelve children.
She served as an advisor to Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson on matters of civil defense, war production and rehabilitation of the physically handicapped.
She and husband Frank have a permanent exhibit in The Smithsonian National Museum of American History and her portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
Not only was she an engineer and psychologist, not only did she have a PhD and 22 honorary doctorates , she also brought up her many children (all of whom finished college) largely as a single mother after her husband's early death.
serious crayons:
I loved CBTD and BOTT when I was a kid! :D
Front-Ranger:
A woman who inspires me worked for the predeccesor of the CIA in Asia until her mid-thirties, when she married and started a new career. She became a household name and was even parodied on Saturday Night Live! She inspired millions of people to try new things and raised enjoyment of everyday life to new levels in a nation of drudges. Her message of moderation in all things is out of fashion now in the rush to adopt new fads but her emphasis on quality, care, and thoughtfulness endures.
Who is she?
serious crayons:
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Does she share a first name with the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"?
ifyoucantfixit:
Julia Childs?
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