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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

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…

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 was a radio homemaker for KMA.

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

Evelyn Birkby was a radio homemaker for KMA.

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.

Evelyn Birkby, son Bob, and dog Sparkle in lane at Cottonwood Farm, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1952

Cottonwood Farm was the Birkby homestead. Robert Birkby is on tractor next to barn at rear of photo. Evelyn Birkby was a radio homemaker for KMA. This photo appeared on the cover of Birkby's book Up a Country Lane.

Edith Hansen displays her baked goods, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

Edith Hansen was a radio homemaker and host of "Kitchen Club" for KMA radio.

Leanna Driftmier interviewed by Don McNeel at breakfast club, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1940s

Leanna Driftmier had the long-running "Kitchen Klatter" radio show on KMA in Shenandoah, Iowa.

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