Lillian Moller Gilbreth belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Lillian Moller Gilbreth as American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972).
Lillian Moller Gilbreth was born at Oakland in 1878. Her recorded nationality is the United States. She was educated at University of California, Berkeley and Brown University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
She worked as industrial engineer, psychologist and teacher.
Her affiliations include University of Wisconsin–Madison and Purdue University.
Her principal work is Fatigue study, the elimination of humanity's greatest unnecessary waste. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
Her recorded fields of work are scientific management, psychology and literature.
Recognition followed: National Women's Hall of Fame (1995).
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Lillian Moller Gilbreth died in 1972, aged 94. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- National Women's Hall of Fame — 1995
- Notable work: Fatigue study, the elimination of humanity's greatest unnecessary waste
- Affiliated with University of Wisconsin–Madison and Purdue University
- Educated at University of California, Berkeley, Brown University and Oakland High School
- Worked as industrial engineer, psychologist and teacher
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