Lives of American Women: Lillian Gilbreth
Lives of American Women: Lillian Gilbreth
Editor/Author
Des Jardins, Julie
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Westview Press
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-81-334763-9
Category: Biography
Image Count:
4
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era.
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Table of Contents
- Series Editor's Foreward
- Author's Preface
- 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
- Afterword: Domesticity on Her Terms
- Primary Sources: Gilbreth Management Desk Brochure
- Study Questions
- Bibliography