Women Behind the Curtain: Lillian Moller Gilbreth

Published: Nov. 28, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) left a lasting impact on what we think of today as work-life balance. Her life was immortalized in the novel-turned film Cheaper by the Dozen. But she was also an engineer, a psychologist, a professor \\u2013 in addition to being a mother of 12 children. She studied workplace efficiency and designed inventions that made worklife and homelife a little easier.'