Person Detail: Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

General Information:
Full Name: Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Biography: (1908-2006) Writer. Ernestine Gilbreth Carey was born in 1908 and died in Fresno, California in 2006. She, with her brother, Frank, co-wrote "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1948), and "Belles on Their Toes" (1952). She also wrote, "Jumping Jupiter," "Rings Around Us," and "Giddy Moment." Carey worked as a department-store buyer in New York City for several years.
Author's Timeline:
1908		(Unknown) County Ernestine Gilbreth was born in New York City in 1908.
1930		New York County Ernestine Carey worked as a department-store buyer in New York City from 1930 to 1944.
1948		(Unknown) County Cheaper by the Dozen Co-written with brother, Frank.
1950		(Unknown) County Bells On Their Toes (Pub: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, Co. ISBN: ) Co-written with brother, Frank.
2006		(Unknown) County Ernestine Gilbreth Carey died in Fresno, California in 2006.
1957		(Unknown) County Rings Around Us (Pub: Boston: Little, Brown & Co. ISBN: )
1952		(Unknown) County Jumping Jupiter (Pub: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. ISBN: )
1958		(Unknown) County Giddy Moment (Pub: Boston: Little, Brown & Company. ISBN: )

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