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Lillian Gilbreth: Defining Success Lillian Moller Gilbreth, born in 1878, along with her husband Frank Gilbreth, born in 1868, created a method to analyze work habits, which helped employers find new ways for job standardization and simplification. Lillian and Frank knew that their method of motion in the workplace could also be effective at home; they proved this method in the way they raised their twelve children (Graham 633). Lillian’s definition of success would be to carefully analyze situations and assess them, create new ways for improvement, and work hard to achieve the set goals. She demonstrated her success in the way she managed her home and the workplace, using hard work, proper analysis, organization and time management. Growing up, Lillian Moller’s parents taught her that higher education for women was unacceptable, wanting her to marry a rich man. Lillian disagreed. She excelled in high school and wanted to study literature and music, and went on to fulfill her desire with the permission of her parents; she graduated with her B.A. in Literature at the University of Berkeley (Maisel and Smart). Educated and independent, Lillian traveled to Europe with a group of young women chaperoned by a high school t