Trivia

She met John Glenn when they were children growing up in New Concord, Ohio. They went to high school and Muskingum College together and were married in 1943, when he was a Marine Corps pilot.

She was a virtuoso organist, and turned down a scholarship from the Juilliard School.

She was a prominent advocate for people with speech disorders. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association presents an annual award in her honor -- the Annie award -- to someone who has an impact on people with speech or communication disorders. The first recipient was actor James Earl Jones.