Edith McCroskey Zears papers, 1934-1941.

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Edith McCroskey Zears papers, 1934-1941.

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The Edith McCroskey Zears Papers consist of material relating to Edith's involvement in The Speakers Institute, as well as grammatical information and home economics tips from the 1930s. These documents include course manuals and lesson plans, newspaper articles, and household advice from the now-defunct U.S. Bureau of Home Economics. Material is arranged alphabetically within each series and chronologically within each folder.

.5 linear feet.

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Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.

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Speakers Institute, Chicago.

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Zears, Edith McCroskey, 1890-1993.

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Born 1890, Nebraska; died 1993. Edith McCroskey Zears was born in Nebraska in 1890 to Harvey and Flora McCroskey. As a child, she moved with her family to Oklahoma City, where she passed most of the remainder of her life. An independent and civic-minded woman, she was 30 years old in 1920 when women finally received the right to vote and opened her home as a polling place. In the 1930s she was very involved with The Speakers Institute, a women's home study course in public speaking, storytelling...