Emily and Nancy were not married, so apologies if anyone is offended by the designation here: it is not historically accurate. It is, however, the only way findagrave allows for the sort of connection they had-- life partners, living together for decades.
She had strabismus, a visual disability, but it did not affect her very original personality. Once, at a melodramatic movie with friends including my mother Ann (her niece-not-in-law), she was moved to tears. Ann, a young woman at the time, whispered to ask if she was all right, and Nancy sobbed, "Leave me be, I'm enjoying myself!" That story is how I learned to separate crying from misery. --Irene Schneider (and I wish I had more stories).
Emily and Nancy were not married, so apologies if anyone is offended by the designation here: it is not historically accurate. It is, however, the only way findagrave allows for the sort of connection they had-- life partners, living together for decades.
She had strabismus, a visual disability, but it did not affect her very original personality. Once, at a melodramatic movie with friends including my mother Ann (her niece-not-in-law), she was moved to tears. Ann, a young woman at the time, whispered to ask if she was all right, and Nancy sobbed, "Leave me be, I'm enjoying myself!" That story is how I learned to separate crying from misery. --Irene Schneider (and I wish I had more stories).
