Ethel Lynn

Born in California on February 13, 1881, Ethel Grace Lynn built a life that reached far beyond literature. Sources describe her as an American novelist as well as a medical doctor, artist, public speaker, suffragist, socialist activist, and political candidate, giving her work a strong sense of lived experience.

She is especially associated with The Adventures of a Woman Hobo (1917), a memoir-like account of cross-country travel that has kept her name in circulation with modern readers and audiobook listeners. The book's appeal comes in part from the way it mixes wit, hardship, and observation, drawing on the sort of practical knowledge that marked her wider career.

Available sources indicate that she died in 1960. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait image from the page content I could access, so no profile image is included here.