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Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
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Lillian Moller Gilbreth became the first woman to be elected to the National Academy of Engineering for her the last, except for the Hoover Medal that same year, of a series of "first woman evers," which began in 1900 when she became the first woman ever to be a University of California commencement speaker. Number One on the membership roster of the Society of Women Engineers, she urged women to enter the engineering profession decades before engineering schools were working with any vigor toward this end.
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Frank Gilbreth next set out to help her get a doctoral degree. A contract awarded to Frank to install scientific management at a plant near Brown University brought them in contact with Dr.
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Industrial accidents had long been inflicting physical disabilities on many human beings, but World War I increased the number and urgency of these problems. Thousands of service men in Europe and America were soon facing handicaps for the remainder of their lives with, in many cases, psychological blocks accompanying their physical disabilities.
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The interest in helping the disabled achieve satisfying work and the human dignity of supporting themselves would stay with Lillian Gilbreth as long as she lived. She helped enable industry to use the skills of highly gifted workers who, without the application of motion study and psychology to their problems, might have become a drain upon the nation's resources instead of being the national asset they actually became through utilization of their valuable resources.
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This softspoken woman became accepted as American's First Lady of Engineering. In 1966, soon after becoming a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Hoover Medal was bestowed on her by a Board of Award consisting of representatives of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical En93
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Additionally, her unselfish application of energy and creative ellorts in modifying industrial and home environments for the handicapped has resulted in lull employment of their capabilities and elevation of their sell:esteem. Lillian Gilbreth's life, as lived joyously, fully, and generously, was one of activity for good.
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