Emmie Ducie examining Homecraft Club display of sewing during her tenure as Supervisor of Girls' Work with the U of S Extension Department. Note patriotic symbols/photos on display also. This may be a display of items made for war and post-war relief work.

Bio/Historical Note: Emma Roberts Ducie was born in England in 1883 and emigrated to Canada with her family in 1907. She married Harry Ducie, a farmer and school trustee, in 1909; they had three children, Harold, Rose, and Emmie. Emma Ducie organized the Coates Homemakers' Club and continued to be an active member of the Clubs and Women's Institutes at the local, provincial, and national level. Ducie also served with the Saskatoon Council of Women, the Saskatoon Friendship Club and the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. Ducie was also a long-serving member of the advisory council for the College of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan. Ducie died in 1990.

Bio/Historical Note: As early as 1913 Agriculture societies were sponsoring the "Farm Boys Club and the Farm Girls Club,” organizations for youth. The Saskatchewan Agriculture Extension Department promoted the idea of separate classes for youth to exhibit and judge their produce or livestock at local fairs. The "Farm Boys and Farm Girls Clubs" were combined and the name changed to "4-H Clubs" in 1952 and the motto became "Learn To Do By Doing.”