Claim: Emily McGary Selinger was compelled by illness to go north, she married Jean Paul Selinger and corresponded for the Boston Transcript.
Evidence: Jean Paul Selinger
​ ​(m. 1882; died 1909)​ Ill-health compelled her to go north, and she returned to Providence, where she opened a studio. From 1882 to 1885, they traveled in Europe, studying in Italy, and while abroad Mrs. Selinger corresponded for the Boston Transcript.