Enjoy an evening with Clara, Lu and Em — a pioneering radio show created by three Evanston women. Hear part of an original broadcast, see a slideshow of vintage images, and witness a re-enactment of an original show by three local actresses.
Clara, Lu and Em was the nation’s first radio soap opera. It was created by three NU graduates and Evanston residents, Louise Starkey Mead, Isobel Berolzheimer and Helen King Mitchell. Portraying three gossiping (and funny) housewives concerned with everyday things, the radio show was a huge hit and a breakthrough for women in the business. First broadcast locally on WGN beginning in 1930, then nationally on NBC and CBS, the show was sponsored by various soap companies and ran for more than 10 years.
WHERE: Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Open to the Public. Reservations Recommended.
Admission: $5 (EHC Members Free)
Call 847-475-3410 or email [email protected].