I have a historical hero, and you will understand why I chose her. Her name is Aimée Crocker, a woman who inherited a fortune but refused to live a conventional life.
She:
1. Orchestrated a drinking game with Oscar Wilde, and entertained guests by playing piano with her toes.
She:
1. Orchestrated a drinking game with Oscar Wilde, and entertained guests by playing piano with her toes.
2. Was the first English speaking woman to spend time in a harem.
3. Went to the red-light district of Hong Kong by rickshaw.
4. Hung out at an opium den. Paid to free an addicted slave prostitute.
3. Went to the red-light district of Hong Kong by rickshaw.
4. Hung out at an opium den. Paid to free an addicted slave prostitute.
5. Spent a night slumming in the Bowery and Chinatown, then invited some characters home for a night of binge drinking, merriment and mayhem.
6. Spent an evening showing a young Rudolph Valentino how to do the Argentine Tango, the forbidden dance, in a New York nightclub.
6. Spent an evening showing a young Rudolph Valentino how to do the Argentine Tango, the forbidden dance, in a New York nightclub.
7. Invited all of blue blood New York to a birthday party for H. H. Kaa, Maharajah of Amber. Laughed as the faint of heart in the crowd collapsed and screamed for the exits as they learned that the Maharajah was her pet boa constrictor.
Also included in her life story: a harrowing honeymoon train crash in California; a blood curdling escape down a jungle river and an abduction by a Dyak prince.
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- bit.ly/3fx0OKi
In 1936, she wrote a travel book titled "And I’d Do It Again." I absolutely love this bit:
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