Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author of the family memoirs Cheaper by the Dozen, died Saturday at the age of 98. Cheaper By the Dozen was a lighthearted look at the happy and frenetic life of a family of twelve children (six boys and six girls) whose parents (Lillian Moller Gilbreth and Frank Bunker Gilbreth) were management and efficiency experts. The story of the Gilbreth family inspired seven movies, only one of which I have seen—the 1950’s Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy version. That film contains a glorious scene where the father meets the local Planned Parenthood, pro-birth control worker at the door and delightfully responds to her inquiries by introducing her to his full quiver. The flabbergasted Planned Parenthood worker exits in a less-than-decorous manner.