ER
's mother, Emily Acheson (Lyle) Rathbone
, was her husband's second wife: biographer Susan Pedersen
implies that Emily was more practical than his intensely pious first wife, Lucretia.
Johnson, Richard William. “Associated Prigs”. London Review of Books, 8 July 2004, pp. 19-21.
She writes mainly of her father's decades of social reform, work and philanthropy; her admiration for his ideals and pursuits shines through the work. The result is a restrained and moving account of one eminent...