Managing on Her Own: Dr. Lillian Gilbreth and Women's Work in the Interwar Era

by Laurel Graham

Examine's the period in Gilbreth's life after her husband's death, when sex discrimination among manufacturers forced her to seek new outlets for her expertise. She ultimately became a gender mediator between businesses and American women. By the early 1930s she was a nationally recognized authority on homemaking, motherhood, and household consumption. For the next 40 years, she led a remarkable and diverse solo career, earning the title America's First Lady of Engineering . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1998