Emmy's first childhood home had only one bedroom, so she, her siblings and her father all slept on the porch, with her mother and the current baby sleeping in the bedroom. Her father also believed outdoor sleeping was healthy for children. When, at the age of nine, they moved to a home across the street with ten bedrooms, Emmy, used to sleeping in the open, decided she could not sleep in a room all closed in. She was given a room that was all windows over the back yard.
When she was a teenager, she played tennis with Amos Pinchot, the brother of then-Governor Gifford Pinchot. She called him Amos. Her father remonstrated with her, saying she should show him respect and call him Mr. Pinchot. Emmy refused: "When we play tennis, he's Amos."
She attended Penn State, where she met her husband, James Watson, and then became a journalist.
Emmy was intelligent, well-read, socially conscious--and easily saw the humor in a situation.
When she was a teenager, she played tennis with Amos Pinchot, the brother of then-Governor Gifford Pinchot. She called him Amos. Her father remonstrated with her, saying she should show him respect and call him Mr. Pinchot. Emmy refused: "When we play tennis, he's Amos."
She attended Penn State, where she met her husband, James Watson, and then became a journalist.
Emmy was intelligent, well-read, socially conscious--and easily saw the humor in a situation.
Emmy's first childhood home had only one bedroom, so she, her siblings and her father all slept on the porch, with her mother and the current baby sleeping in the bedroom. Her father also believed outdoor sleeping was healthy for children. When, at the age of nine, they moved to a home across the street with ten bedrooms, Emmy, used to sleeping in the open, decided she could not sleep in a room all closed in. She was given a room that was all windows over the back yard.
When she was a teenager, she played tennis with Amos Pinchot, the brother of then-Governor Gifford Pinchot. She called him Amos. Her father remonstrated with her, saying she should show him respect and call him Mr. Pinchot. Emmy refused: "When we play tennis, he's Amos."
She attended Penn State, where she met her husband, James Watson, and then became a journalist.
Emmy was intelligent, well-read, socially conscious--and easily saw the humor in a situation.
When she was a teenager, she played tennis with Amos Pinchot, the brother of then-Governor Gifford Pinchot. She called him Amos. Her father remonstrated with her, saying she should show him respect and call him Mr. Pinchot. Emmy refused: "When we play tennis, he's Amos."
She attended Penn State, where she met her husband, James Watson, and then became a journalist.
Emmy was intelligent, well-read, socially conscious--and easily saw the humor in a situation.
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