Aunt or Auntie Em (real name Emily), also called 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.
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 forclosure, 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.