Innovation
Lillian Moller Gilbreth Designed My Kitchen
Those of you who know me in real life know that I am what the late great Peg Bracken[1] dubbed a “good cook who likes to.” Over the years, I’ve cooked in many different kitchens, each of which had its own problems. When My Own True Love and I moved into our current house, I…
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From the Archives: The Riddle of the Lalbyrinth
I have three-quarters of a new blog post written about a fascinating woman you probably don’t know a lot about. I also have a nasty cold and my head is so full of “stuff” that I’m struggling to write. So instead, I’m sharing this post from 2013, in which I reviewed a book I really…
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Bette Nesmith Graham, Who Regularly Saved My Life (or at Least My Sanity) in College
Returning to the idea of women who were inventors and/or entrepreneurs, allow me to introduce you to Bette Nesmith Graham, a struggling single mother who founded what became a multi-million dollar business in her kitchen[1]. In 1954, Bette Nesmith Graham was a divorced single mother who supported herself and her son, Michael,[2] by working as…
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