• Illustrations • Acknowledgments • Introduction - Wasn’t She the Mother in Cheaper by the Dozen? • there was only one consolation, and that was work • Gone West • dear lillie was always a remarkable person
• Once Upon a Time • The “Athens of the Pacific” • In Search of the Strenuous Life • the one best partnership
• Not Like Any Boys We Know • Even Quest Makers Change Their Minds • A Long-Distance Engagement • The One Best Marriage
• Planning a Family • Mentioned from the Platform by Taylor • “some classy bear-cat and cave-woman” • Divine Providence • Scientifically Managing New England Butt
• The Good Exception • A Second Dissertation • Therbligs and Tonsils
• The Home Front
• The Gilbreth Family System
• Indicting the Stopwatch
• “successfully in two places at the same time”
• “Here I Stand, ‘the Case!’” • Am I a Lady or an Engineer? • Counter Cultures for Women • The Home-maker and Her Job
• The Kitchen and the Office • “one of america’s foremost women” • This Home Is for Hoover
• A Dollar-a-Year Woman in Washington • Woman Power • Professor Gilbreth • A Superannuated Bachelor Girl Goes to War • As Resilient As a Good Rubber Band • “only a thermometer has more degrees” • Cheaper by the Dozen
• Work, for the Night Is Coming • “It Doesn’t Take Long to Get Back from Rangoon” • Archives and Libraries Consulted • Notes • Index