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(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.

Full Name

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1908

BIRTH

Ernestine Gilbreth was born in New York City in 1908.

1930

OTHER

Ernestine Carey worked as a department-store buyer in New York City from 1930 to 1944.

1948

LITWORK

Cheaper by the Dozen


Co-written with brother, Frank.

1950

LITWORK

Bells On Their Toes
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, Co.

Co-written with brother, Frank.

1952

LITWORK

Jumping Jupiter
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.

1957

LITWORK

Rings Around Us
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

1958

LITWORK

Giddy Moment
Boston: Little, Brown & Company.

2006

DEATH

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey died in Fresno, California in 2006.

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