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I've read several books beyond the well-known two by Frank and Ernestine. Time Out for Happiness was one, and an autobiography by Lillian Moller Gilbreth which had some photographs about the family. There was a sweet photo of Lillian with the four oldest girls (before Mary died).
So, yes, I'm interested in the family. Not sure exactly what you are looking for in the way of responses though.
Short answer, yes. I have a rather ambitious project in progress, and written stuff is a big part.
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I've read several books beyond the well-known two by Frank and Ernestine. Time Out for Happiness was one, and an autobiography by Lillian Moller Gilbreth which had some photographs about the family. There was a sweet photo of Lillian with the four oldest girls (before Mary died).
So, yes, I'm interested in the family. Not sure exactly what you are looking for in the way of responses though.
Not a lot, just other fan/admirers who perhaps have read more than the two popular books. There used to be a community of fairly high-level aficionados (involved with the current field of industrial engineering, etc.) but it scattered more than a decade ago. At some point soon I hope to create a new online portal/nexus for the few, the proud, the Therbligites.
About 20 years ago, on a family vacation to Washington D.C., we visited the Smithsonian and took time to see practically everything. I do remember a display of Lillian Gilbreth's time and motion saving kitchen. Evidently, her engineering made its way into kitchen design to this day.
The work of the Gilbreths as industrial engineers is a good part of the DNA of the modern world. Perhaps no one contribution stands out - and that's why they are not particularly remembered, outside of the field - but they were leaders and innovators in the whole transformation of business and industry into the modern mold, and the idea that the tools and systems we use every day should be efficient. (And - critical point - efficient for the user, not just for the factory owner.)
About 20 years ago, on a family vacation to Washington D.C., we visited the Smithsonian and took time to see practically everything. I do remember a display of Lillian Gilbreth's time and motion saving kitchen. Evidently, her engineering made its way into kitchen design to this day.
There's also a fairly recent children's book about the kitchen.
The punchline is that Lillian was a completely inexperienced cook who could make one item (a banana cake, IIRC) only by following the recipe by rote. (She of course grew up in a very wealthy family that had house staff, and the family always had cooks - Martha Bunker occasionally filled in.) Her demonstrations had to be carefully prepped and choreographed to make them look "normal."
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