Aunt Em
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Aunt or Auntie Em (real name Emily) is a fictional character from the The Oz Books. She is the aunt of Dorothy Gale and married to Uncle Henry, and lived together with them on a farm in Kansas.
[edit] Oz Books
Em spent most of her life working on farms. In The Emerald City of Oz, she states that she has raised chickens for "nearly forty years." After confessing to Dorothy that their farm was facing imminent foreclosure, Em, Henry and Dorothy all moved to the land of Oz to live for good in the Emerald City. Princess Ozma appointed Em "Royal Mender of the Stockings of the Ruler of Oz" in order to keep her busy.
She has been featured slightly less than Uncle Henry in The Oz Books, despite having a bigger role in The Wizard of Oz.
[edit] Comics
In January 2006 - back on Earth, Em took Dorothy to Henry's grave in St. Ann's Cemetery. The gravestone had been snapped in two. Em later returned the slippers to Dorothy, having kept them safe at Gilda's insistence (The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles#1 comic).
[edit] Background for the character
Aunt Em was named after Emily Ingerson "Auntie Em" Warn. Warn's niece was a cousin of L. Frank Baum.
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