Helen Dihle Redford

     Helen was born in Cripple Creek, Teller Co, CO, on Apr 1, 1897.^1,2,3,7,5
     Helen Dihle Redford was listed as a resident in John S. Redford's household in the census report in Cripple Creek, Teller Co, CO, on Jun 19, 1900.³
     Helen Dihle Redford was listed as a daughter in John S. Redford's household on the 1910 Census in 309 33rd N, Billings, Yellowstone, MT.⁶
     Helen Dihle Redford graduated in 1916 in Billings High School, Billings, MT.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford attended Stout State University circa 1917 in Menomonie, WI.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford graduated from University of Northern Colorado with a a bachelor's and a master's degree in home economics circa 1919 in Greeley, Weld Co, CO.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford was employed by Smedley Junior High School in 1919 in Denver, Denver Co, CO; she taught cooking to seventh and eighth grade girls.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford was listed as a resident in John S. Redford's household in the census report in Denver, Denver Co, CO, on Jan 3, 1920.⁴
     Helen Dihle Redford was employed by Cheltenham School as a teacher circa 1922 in Denver, Denver Co, CO; she taught home economics, including cooking in the city's first Kosher cooking lab.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford was employed by Lake Junior High School as a teacher in 1924 in Denver, Denver Co, CO; she started the first boys' home economics course in a junior high.⁷
     She resided in Denver, Denver Co, CO, on Jun 28, 1927.⁸
     Helen traveled in Salina, Saline Co, KS, on Jun 28, 1927.⁸
     Helen returned from England, sailing from Liverpool on the Scythia, on Sep 2, 1929.⁹
     She served on the board of the Salvation Army following her father's retirement in Denver, Denver Co, CO.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford was listed as a daughter in John S. Redford's household on the 1930 Census in 207 South Gilpin Street, Denver, Denver Co, CO.⁵
     Helen Dihle Redford was elected secretary of the Colorado Home Economics Association at their annual meeting in Nov, 1932 in CO.¹⁰
     1935, Helen, Helen Burnham and Evelyn Jones co-authored a home economics textbook for boys, The Boy and His Daily Living.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford attended the Colorado Home Economics Association meeting, where she hosted a panel discussion on boys in home economics and was elected president for the coming year. in Nov, 1936 in Denver, CO.
     Helen was employed by Manual High School as a teacher in 1937 in Denver, Denver Co, CO; again, she start a boys' home-ec class, which included a unit on learning to be waiters.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford presented "Teaching Home Economics to Mixed Classes" at the in May, 1937 in Kansas City.
     Helen Dihle Redford was elected treasurer of the Colorado Home Economics Association on Apr 23, 1938 in Colorado Springs, CO.
     Helen Dihle Redford was employed by Emily Griffith Opportunity School as a assistant principal in 1939 in Denver, Denver Co, CO.⁷
     In 1942, they rewrote the book, renamed Boys Will Be Men.^7,11
     Helen retired from 1952 in Opportunity School, Denver, Denver Co, CO.⁷
     They revised Boys Will Be Men again 1957.
     She resided in Denver, Denver Co, CO, in Mar, 1974.^12,13
     Helen Dihle Redford was a member of Delta Kappa Gammam an international society of women educators before 1976.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford was a member of PEO (possibly the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a women's society founded in 1869 and dedicated to education for women) before 1976.^7,14
     Helen Dihle Redford was a member of Order of the Eastern Star (a masonic fraternal organization for women) before 1976.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford was a member of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, before 1976, in Denver, Denver Co, CO.⁷
     She attended the 60th reunion of her high school class in Jun, 1976 in Billings, MT.⁷
     Helen Dihle Redford was profiled in the Rocky Mountain News on Dec 3, 1976 in Denver, Denver Co, CO.⁷
     Helen died in Jan, 1985 in Denver, Denver Co, CO, at age 87.²