As I Remember: An Autobiography by Lillian Gilbreth
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0898061865 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 249 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
No writing or tears. Illustrated. 249 pages. No remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages.. Appears unread
Appropriate for larger public and women's studies collections.?Patricia A. Regrettably, the autobiography stops in 1941, more than 30 years before she died. In addition to raising a large family, she had a long, successful professional career in pioneering motion studies and industrial psychology. Lib., Lawrenceville, NJCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Gilbreth is perhaps best known as the mother of 12 from her affectionate, often humorous portrait of family life in Cheaper by the Dozen (1948). . In this autob
Callie A. Collins said An insightful reminisence. After reading "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Belles on their Toes", and "I'm a Lucky Guy", this book filled in the essential details for throughly understaning the Gilbreth lifestyle. The aforementioned children's books provoked my interest, leading me to seek further information on this remarkable family. This book, aimed at the adult level, depicts in acute detail Dr. Lillian Gilbreth's family history, childhood, education, and motion study work. Exciting recolletions of work and travel fill this volume, which is entrancing form cover to cover. The style in which this book was written provokes thoughts of listening to a warm. "Entertaining; Hurmorous way of writing" according to A Customer. This book is a really great read if you want to get a feel for Lillian Gilbreth's personality (which is a hurmorous, optimistic personality)or if you want to learn about her family life. But if you're writing a term paper, like I am, and trying just to get facts about her life and not cute stories about the children getting their tonsils out, then this is not the book for you. This is an interesting book, and I would recommend it, just not for the facts it gives you.. "Shedding light on an Oakland girlhood" according to Annalee Allen. As a city of Oakland resident, interested in 19th century life there, I was very happy to come across this book and read Mrs Gilbreth's childhood memories, visiting Lake Merritt, spending time with cousins, visiting her well to do grandfather at his grand estate (he is known as Oakland's first millionaire). I intend to share it with others I know who share an interest in Oakland's early history.