Born in Metamora, Ill.; at age 7 was in an accident which blinded her; spent four years at Illinois Institute for the Blind; later taught music at Eureka College in Illinois and also in Kansas and Kansas City, Mo.; attended University of Illinois, attaining both a B.A. and M.A. in English literature. After the family moved to Wyoming, her father organized the Prohibition Party of Wyoming in 1892. She became involved in the temperance cause and joined the WCTU and after her father became ill, she was named chairman of the State Central Committee. In 1893 she, along with her mother and other family members, moved to Olympia, Wash., where she became a national organizer and lecturer for the WCTU. As a teaching aide she wrote Heart Culture (1897) which she described as a "textbook for teaching kindness to animals". She was also an ordained minister at the First Christian Church in Olympia.
From the description of Emma E. Page papers, 1832-1956 (bulk 1892-1910) (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 402597240
