 She developed her own one-woman show, "Americana Sketches", based on her life and experiences growing up in Urbana, Illinois.During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, she performed this piece more than 6,000 times, including touring Europe during World War II, performing for the troops.She was also a frequent performer on radio, and was a regular on "For Those We Love", a radio serial in the late 1930s and 1940s.