Under the pseudonym Mary Lee Taylor, Proetz wrote articles and made radio broadcasts sharing her ideas with consumers.
The first half of the show featured a soap opera called "The Story of the Week", which centered on a young married couple, Jim and Sally Carter.
In the 1940s, she starting offering free recipe books by mail for the listeners, booklets that are highly sought after by cooking enthusiasts even today.
Erma Proetz's death in 1944 in no way stopped Mary Lee Taylor from continuing her radio cooking spots.
[2] The Erma Proetz Memorial Scholarship at Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts in Washington University is named in her honor.