Ernestine Gilbreth Carey(1908-2006)
- Writer
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey was born in 1908 in New York City and
graduated as an English major from Smith College. In 1930, soon after
graduation, she began fourteen years of New York City department store
buying and management. Meanwhile, she married and had two children. A
writer and lecturer, she has authored and coauthored seven books,
including Belles on Their Toes (with Frank Gilbreth Jr.), Jumping
jupiter, Rings Around Us, and Giddy Moment. In 1950 she was
co-recipient (with her brother) of the French International Humor Award
for Cheaper by the Dozen.
