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Woman in the Home

Woman in the Home

Lecture read before women's clubs in Los Angeles, California. Discusses the importance of a woman's role in the home, how a woman's education prepares her for life, how education has helped the women's suffrage movement, and the importance of…
Woman in the Home

Woman in the Home

Lecture read before women's clubs in Los Angeles, California. Discusses the importance of a woman's role in the home, how a woman's education prepares her for life, how education has helped the women's suffrage movement, and the importance of…
Evelyn Birkby at KMA-hosted reception honoring her on fortieth anniversary of original broadcast of morning homemaker show "Down a Country Lane," Shenandoah, Iowa, May 15, 1990

Evelyn Birkby at KMA-hosted reception honoring her on fortieth anniversary of original broadcast of morning homemaker show "Down a Country Lane," Shenandoah, Iowa, May 15, 1990

Photo taken in memorabilia room at station KMA. From left are sons Jeff and Bob Birkby, Edward May Sr., Ed May Jr., and husband Robert Birkby.
Photo and biographical information on Jessie Young from Cooking with KMA, 1985

Photo and biographical information on Jessie Young from Cooking with KMA, 1985

Myrtle Brooks, friend and neighbor to Evelyn Birkby, at her piano, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s?

Myrtle Brooks, friend and neighbor to Evelyn Birkby, at her piano, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s?

Evelyn Birkby on her 40th anniversary broadcast at KMA, Shenandoah, Iowa, May 15, 1990

Evelyn Birkby on her 40th anniversary broadcast at KMA, Shenandoah, Iowa, May 15, 1990

Evelyn Birkby was a radio homemaker for KMA.
Evelyn Birkby in her home office, Sidney, Iowa, 1965

Evelyn Birkby in her home office, Sidney, Iowa, 1965

Evelyn Birkby was a radio homemaker for KMA.
KMA radio broadcast with Evelyn Birkby and guest Vicar Henry Robbins, local pastor, discussing child care, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950

KMA radio broadcast with Evelyn Birkby and guest Vicar Henry Robbins, local pastor, discussing child care, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950

Evelyn Birkby was a radio homemaker for KMA.
Evelyn Birkby on the occasion of her 40th anniversary KMA radio broadcast, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1990s

Evelyn Birkby on the occasion of her 40th anniversary KMA radio broadcast, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1990s

Evelyn Birkby was a radio homemaker for KMA.
Evelyn Birkby driving tractor pulling hay wagon, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

Evelyn Birkby driving tractor pulling hay wagon, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s

Seated on hay wagon are Evelyn Birkby's niece Luanne and nephew Larry Barnard of Omaha and to the right is her son Bob.