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Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Born	April 4, 1908; Montclair, New Jersey
Died	November 4, 2006 (aged 98); Fresno, California
Education	Smith College
Known for	Cheaper by the Dozen
Children	Charles E. Carey
Parents	Lillian Moller Gilbreth; Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.
Relatives	Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr., brother

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (April 4, 1908 - November 4, 2006) was an American author.

[edit] Biography

She was the daughter of Lillian Moller Gilbreth and Frank Bunker Gilbreth, early 20th-century pioneers of time and motion study and what would now be called organizational behavior. She grew up in the Gilbreth family home in Montclair, New Jersey.

The upbringing of the twelve Gilbreth children was chronicled in the comic memoir Cheaper by the Dozen (1948, adapted in a 1950 film). The book, as well as a sequel titled Belles on Their Toes (1952), was written by Ernestine with her brother Frank.

Ernestine Carey was a graduate of Smith College and worked as a department store buyer. In 1930, she married Charles E. Carey, Sr., with whom she had two children, Lillian Carey Barley (b.1938) and Charles E Carey, Jr., (b.1942). In addition to the two volumes co-authored with her brother, she was the author of several other books as well, including Rings Around Us, a charming account of the events that happened from the night she met "Chick" Carey to the night they watched their daughter dance the Charleston as a high school freshman. Mrs. Carey resided in Reedley, California.

She died on November 4, 2006 of natural causes in Fresno, California, aged 98.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, 98, Author of Childhood Memoir, Dies". New York Times. November 6, 2006. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/books/06carey.html. Retrieved 2008-07-09. "Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, who, with a younger brother, wrote “Cheaper by the Dozen,” the account of their growing up in a family of 12 children that led to several movies of the same name, died on Saturday in Fresno, California. She was 98 and lived in Reedley, Calif. Her death was confirmed by her son, Charles E. Carey, Jr."

[edit] Further reading

The Death of Ernestine Gilbreth Carey at (Gilbrethnetwork.com)

[0] "Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, 98, Author of Childhood Memoir, Dies". New York Times. November 6, 2006. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/books/06carey.html. Retrieved 2008-07-09. "Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, who, with a younger brother, wrote “Cheaper by the Dozen,” the account of their growing up in a family of 12 children that led to several movies of the same name, died on Saturday in Fresno, California. She was 98 and lived in Reedley, Calif. Her death was confirmed by her son, Charles E. Carey, Jr."

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