Inventors and Innovators: Lillian Gilbreth

Purdue graduates continue to develop innovations and breakthroughs that help move the world forward. Purdue Today will highlight these inventors and innovators by featuring two each month in the Purdue Today newsletter and on social media.

Today, we are featuring Lillian Gilbreth to celebrate Women's History Month.

In 1935, Gilbreth became the first female professor in the College of Engineering. She also accepted the role of consultant for careers for women and helped establish a time and motion study laboratory at Purdue. She retired from the University in 1948.

For more on Gilbreth, visit the Inventors & Innovators website. 

The Inventors & Innovators website contains Purdue alumni from business and industry; technology; medicine and health; and the food and consumer industries.