Bibliograph

Lillian Gilbreth, redefining domesticity, Julie Des Jardins ; foreword by Carol Berkin

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Lillian Gilbreth, redefining domesticity, Julie Des Jardins ; foreword by Carol Berkin

Language

eng

Abstract

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

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lillian Gilbreth

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

864825693

Responsibility statement

Julie Des Jardins ; foreword by Carol Berkin

Series statement

Lives of American women

Sub title

redefining domesticity

Table Of Contents

Series editor's foreword -- Author's preface -- Lillie Moller's Victorian world, 1878-1895 -- College and adventure the sensibilities of a new woman, 1896-1904 -- The Gilbreths' brand of companionate marriage, 1904-1908 -- Scientific management and the human element in the Progressive Age, 1909-1911 -- Dailiness in Providence, 1912-1916 -- Battles on the home front and war front, 1916-1918 -- Montclair an experiment in science and domesticity, 1919-1924 -- The widow sexism and breadwinning, 1924-1928 -- Systematizing women's operations during the Depression, 1929-1939 -- Afterword : domesticity on her terms -- Primary sources : Gilbreth management desk brochure -- Study questions -- Bibliography

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