Emily "Mickey" Hahn was an American journalist and author. Considered an early feminist and called "a forgotten American literary treasure" by The New Yorker magazine, she was the author of 54 books and more than 200 articles and short stories. Her novels in the 20th century played a significant role in opening up Asia and Africa to the west. Her extensive travels throughout her life and her love of animals influenced much of her writing. After living in Florence and London in the mid-1920s, she traveled to the Belgian Congo and hiked across Central Africa in the 1930s. In 1935 she traveled to Shanghai, where she taught English for three years and became involved with prominent figures, such as The Soong Sisters and the Chinese poet, Shao Xunmei . Wikipedia
In Nobody Said Not To Go: The Life, Loves, and Adventures of Emily Hahn
“With my usual sublime self-confidence, I rode roughshod over the objections.”
In The New Yorker, April 15, 1967
“I have deliberately chosen the uncertain path whenever I had the chance.”
Saturday Review of Literature, March 26, 1955
