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Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies. She was described in the 1940s as "a genius in the art of living."
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business · American psychologist and industrial engineer · industrial engineer · psychologist · teacher · photographer · writer · businessperson · inventor · mechanical engineer · engineer · also Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth, Lillian Moller Gilbraith, Lillian Gilbraith, Lillian Evelyn Gilbreth, Gilbreth
Born 24 May 1878 · Died 2 January 1972 · Q40197
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2025· 1 entry
2019· 1 entry
As a book titled Eliminating Waste in Teaching (ISBN 978-1-7320191-0-2)
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2018· 1 entry
The College of Engineering at Purdue University established the prestigious Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to attract and prepare outstanding individuals with recently awarded Ph
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2001· 1 entry
To recognize outstanding young American engineers
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (1995).
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Gilbreth was inducted into the US National Women's Hall of Fame
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1972· 2 entries
Died 1972-01-02.
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In Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of ninety-three
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1968· 1 entry
When her health finally began to fail, Gilbreth retired from her active public life and eventually entered a nursing home
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1966· 2 entries
Won Hoover Medal (1966).
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Gilbreth became the first woman to receive the Hoover Medal
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1965· 1 entry
Gilbreth became the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering
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1964· 1 entry
At the age of eighty-six, Gilbreth became resident lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1962· 1 entry
The Industrial Engineering building at the University of Rhode Island that was built the previous year was dedicated to Lillian and her spouse Frank Bunker Gilbreth for their pioneering work in industrial engineering
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1955· 1 entry
Was inducted as an Associate Fellow in the prestigious National Academy of Kinesiology (formerly American Academy of Physical Education; American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education)
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Washington Award (1954).
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1950· 3 entries
Two years after Gilbreth retired from the university
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Starring Myrna Loy as Lillian and Clifton Webb as Frank
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Gilbreth became the first honorary member of the newly created Society of Women Engineers
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1944· 2 entries
Won Henry Laurence Gantt Medal (1944).
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded Gilbreth and her husband (posthumously) the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal for their contributions to industrial engineering
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1941· 1 entry
The Purdue University chapter of Mortar Board, a national honor society, named Gilbreth an honorary member
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1935· 1 entry
Became a professor of management at Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering, and the country's first female engineering professor
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1934· 1 entry
Gilbreth organized the energy-saving kitchen, along with the nursery and the clothery for America's Little House
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1931· 1 entry
Received the first Gilbreth Medal, which was initiated in honor of her late husband
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1930· 1 entry
Under the Hoover administration, she headed the women's section of the President's Emergency Committee for Employment and helped to gain the cooperation of women's groups for reducing unemployment
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1927· 1 entry
Became a charter member of the Altrusa Club of New York City, an organization for Professional and Business Women started in 1917 for the purpose of providing community service
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1926· 1 entry
When Johnson & Johnson hired her as a consultant to do marketing research on sanitary napkins, Gilbreth and the firm benefited in three ways
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1925· 1 entry
Succeeded her husband as a visiting lecturer at Purdue, where he had been delivering annual lectures
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1924· 1 entry
That she created a formal motion-study course
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1921· 1 entry
Lillian Gilbreth was the second person to be named an honorary member of the American Society of Industrial Engineers
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1915· 2 entries
Making her the first of the pioneers of industrial management to have a doctorate
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Studied at Brown University, Doctor of Philosophy (1915).
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1904· 2 entries
In Oakland, California, and settled in New York
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And relocation to New York, she completed a dissertation for a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1911, but was not awarded the degree due to her noncompliance with residency requirements for docto
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1900· 1 entry
Graduated from the university and became the first woman to speak at a University of California commencement
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1878· 2 entries
Born 1878-05-24.
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To Annie (née Delger) and William Moller, a builder's supply merchant
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