Emily was a debutante in Philadelphia, who enrolled in Vassar College. In World War I, she worked in a unit where she helped form the Women's Land Army, taking over farm chores to free men to enlist. She contracted typhoid fever from drinking bad water in the field and was advised to move indoors with her work. She went on to graduate from the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture in Groton, Massachusetts.
She met her husband, Stuart Mudd, in Boston, while he was in medical school. She worked as his laboratory assistant for a decade at Harvard, at the Rockefeller Institute in New York, and then at the University of Pennsylvania. Emily went on to become a partner with her husband and a pioneer in family planning, women's rights, and the study of human sexuality. She wrote numerous books and articles and worked with experts Alfred Kinsey and William Masters.
Emily received a Master's degree in social work in 1936 and a doctorate in sociology in 1950. She became the first female full professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1956.
In 1981, after her first husband was deceased, she married again to Frederick Gloeckner, who died before she did.
She met her husband, Stuart Mudd, in Boston, while he was in medical school. She worked as his laboratory assistant for a decade at Harvard, at the Rockefeller Institute in New York, and then at the University of Pennsylvania. Emily went on to become a partner with her husband and a pioneer in family planning, women's rights, and the study of human sexuality. She wrote numerous books and articles and worked with experts Alfred Kinsey and William Masters.
Emily received a Master's degree in social work in 1936 and a doctorate in sociology in 1950. She became the first female full professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1956.
In 1981, after her first husband was deceased, she married again to Frederick Gloeckner, who died before she did.
Emily was a debutante in Philadelphia, who enrolled in Vassar College. In World War I, she worked in a unit where she helped form the Women's Land Army, taking over farm chores to free men to enlist. She contracted typhoid fever from drinking bad water in the field and was advised to move indoors with her work. She went on to graduate from the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture in Groton, Massachusetts.
She met her husband, Stuart Mudd, in Boston, while he was in medical school. She worked as his laboratory assistant for a decade at Harvard, at the Rockefeller Institute in New York, and then at the University of Pennsylvania. Emily went on to become a partner with her husband and a pioneer in family planning, women's rights, and the study of human sexuality. She wrote numerous books and articles and worked with experts Alfred Kinsey and William Masters.
Emily received a Master's degree in social work in 1936 and a doctorate in sociology in 1950. She became the first female full professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1956.
In 1981, after her first husband was deceased, she married again to Frederick Gloeckner, who died before she did.
She met her husband, Stuart Mudd, in Boston, while he was in medical school. She worked as his laboratory assistant for a decade at Harvard, at the Rockefeller Institute in New York, and then at the University of Pennsylvania. Emily went on to become a partner with her husband and a pioneer in family planning, women's rights, and the study of human sexuality. She wrote numerous books and articles and worked with experts Alfred Kinsey and William Masters.
Emily received a Master's degree in social work in 1936 and a doctorate in sociology in 1950. She became the first female full professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1956.
In 1981, after her first husband was deceased, she married again to Frederick Gloeckner, who died before she did.
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