Evelyn Ryan was an Ohio poet and jingle and slogan writer. A 2005 movie, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, was made about her life. Evelyn Lehman Ryan was born in Sherwood, Ohio, to Orren and Minnie Lehman; Minnie died soon after giving birth, and Orren sent Ryan and her older sister to live with relatives. [1] .

In Defiance, Ohio, housewife Evelyn Ryan managed to support her husband, Kelly, and their 10 children by winning jingle-writing contests. Kelly failed to support his family, in part due to apparent alcoholism and low self-esteem. He dreamed of being a singer but lost his singing voice in a car accident, and was often cruel and abusive.

This site explores the life and times of Evelyn Ryan, the Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, celebrated in the bestselling 2001 memoir by her daughter, Terry, and the 2005 movie by DreamWorks Pictures starring Julianne Moore.

She was a published poet and humorist, whose work had been published in the Readers Digest and the Toledo Blade, where she was named poet laureate. She won several national contests for her skill in composing jungles and prose.

2007年5月21日 · Married to an abusive alcoholic who spent a third of his modest machine-shop paycheck on whiskey and beer, Evelyn Ryan did the best thing she knew to help support her large family: She entered...

2001年4月12日 · During the 1950's, Evelyn Ryan was a Midwestern housewife with 10 children and a husband who drank away his factory salary as regularly as he earned it.

The 1950s and ’60s were considered the “Contest Era” in America, and no one in the country was better at creating a prize-winning jingle or short poem than Evelyn Ryan. The wife of an alcoholic husband and the mother of 10 growing children, Evelyn entered contests to …

2002年4月9日 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the “contest era” of the 1950s and 1960s.

2011年8月8日 · It is a true story of the Ryan family from Defiance. Evelyn Ryan is the hero of the tale. She was the mother of ten children. Her husband Kelly Ryan was an alcoholic who drank away a good portion of his small salary. Evelyn supplemented the family income by entering jingle contest sponsored by US companies like Burma Shave, Dial Soap, and Dr ...

《十全主妇》是一部2005年的美国传记电影，（又名：来自俄亥俄州的获奖者） 十全主妇. 主演： 朱丽安·摩尔 饰 伊芙琳·莱恩 （Evelyn Ryan） 《十全主妇》 改编自美国俄亥俄州家庭主妇伊芙琳·莱恩的真实故事。 她嫁给一个有暴力倾向和严重酗酒问题的男人 凯利 Leo "Kelly" Ryan，伊芙琳·瑞恩在 1950 年代和 60 年代期间通过押韵歌曲和 25 个单词的广告口号参赛和获胜，来支持丈夫凯利和他们的十个孩子的生活。 丈夫凯利梦想成为一名歌手，却在车祸中失去了歌声，沦落到 …

2007年5月18日 · Evelyn Ryan, who died in 1998 at age 85, used the winnings to feed the family and her alcoholic husband. The money also stopped them from being evicted from their home.

2001年4月1日 · Evelyn Ryan, wife of an alcoholic husband and mother of ten children, lived in a small town in a time and place when women did not seek jobs outside the home. When finances ran low, feeling desperate, she turned to her parish priest who suggested she "take in laundry."

Over the summer I read The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio and it truly changed my view of motherhood and the role I play in my household. Terry Ryan who was the sixth of ten children born of Leo (nicknamed Kelly) and Evelyn Ryan, wrote this memoir of her life and that of her family, mainly of her mother Evelyn Ryan.

2006年1月29日 · We interviewed Terry Ryan about her book, the Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio. It's the story of her mother, Evelyn Ryan, who became a small town success story by entering contests for the best...

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the “contest era” of the 1950s and 1960s.

2023年5月16日 · Yes, ‘The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio’ is a true story. The screenplay, written by director Jane Anderson herself, is based on the 2001 memoir titled ‘The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less’ by Terry “Tuffy” Ryan, the real-life Evelyn Ryan’s 6th child.

2019年11月22日 · The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio tells the story of Evelyn Ryan, a 1950s housewife whose clever wit and knack for jingle writing won her family (of twelve!) a large freezer, ice buckets, a washing machine, a trip to New York, sleds, boots, a pony, a palm tree, a window, a sports car, a shopping spree in her local grocery store, ice crushers ...

A true story about Evelyn Ryan, a mother of 10, who kept her family from poverty's door by writing jingles and 25 words or less compositions. Evelyn was a devoted housewife...

2005年10月14日 · Evelyn Ryan (Moore), a devoted mother and housewife, uses her self­-described "knack for words" to keep her struggling family afloat. In the 1950s and 1960s, housewives across the country used their wits to win thousands of dollars in cash and prizes in jingle contests staged by corporations to promote their products.