Background
She was the daughter of Alfred Emerson, Senior, and the granddaughter of Deborah Hall, the wife of Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury (1829-1831) under United States President Andrew Jackson.
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Gertrude Senator
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Career
She was also the sister of famed entomologist Alfred East. Emerson. Some have stated that she was the granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. After teaching English in Japan, Senator returned to the United States to became the editor of Asia magazine.
In 1920 she undertook a round-the-world expedition which included stunt flying and caving.
Eventually she settled in a village in northeastern India, participated in rural life, married Indian native Basiswar Senator on November 1, 1932, and came to love the culture of her adopted country. Her attachment is reflected in her books Voiceless India (1944) and Pageant of India"s History (1948).
Although not born in India herself, she strongly disapproved on the involvement of non-Indians in subcontinental matters. Senator died in 1982, aged 89.
