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The Cheaper by the Difficulty
Lillian Gilbirth and her family moved from New York to Rhode Island after the death of their daughter Mary. Lillian's autobiography, Cheaper by the dozen years, is mostly skipped over in this interview. The book gives an insight into how they ran their household with all 12 children going to college at once. They had these novel methods of teaching: Five-year-olds could multiply two digit numbers using a trick.