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Emily Hahn

September 15, 2015 in Modern Worthies

Emily Hahn

The opium-smoking author who lived with pygmies in Congo

Emily Hahn led a life as varied as her writings. She got a degree in engineering to prove that she could, then made a career as a writer; she lived in a red-light district and dined with millionaires; she had a family in England and worked in New York.

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