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Dorothy Osborne
Dorothy Osborne , later Lady Temple, 1627-95, English letter writer. The daughter of a royalist, she became engaged to Sir William Temple against the wishes of her family. Her letters to Temple, both through their long engagement and after their marriage in 1655, show her as a woman of wit, le... Read more
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Rothschild Parker), 1893-1967, American short-story and verse writer, b. West End, N.J. While serving as drama critic for Vanity Fair (1916-17) and book critic for The New Yorker (1927), she gained an almost legendary reputation for her sardonic wit. Her first volume of ... Read more
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin 1910-94, English chemist and X-ray crystallographer, b. Egypt. She received the 1964 Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the structure of biochemical compounds (particularly of vitamin B 12 ) used to control pernicious anemia. In 1933 she and J. D. Bernal made the... Read more
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1879-1958, American novelist and juvenile writer, b. Lawrence, Kans., grad. Ohio State, 1899, Ph.D. Columbia, 1904. Her novels include The Bent Twig (1915), The Deepening Stream (1930), Seasoned Timber (1939), and Four-square (1949). She also wrote short stories; Ve... Read more
Dorothy M. Richardson
Dorothy M. Richardson 1882-1957, English novelist. Her important work is Pilgrimage (12 vol., 1915-38; omnibus ed. 1938), a novel that records in great detail the inner experience of one woman. In constructing the English novel as a series of images running through the mind of a character, Richar... Read more
Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayers , 1893-1957, English writer, grad. Somerville College, Oxford, 1915. Taking first-class honors in medieval literature, she was one of the first women to receive an Oxford degree. For a time she worked as a copywriter in a London advertising agency—the setting for her Murd... Read more
Q. D. Leavis
Q. D. Leavis (Queenie Dorothy Leavis), 1906-81, British literary critic; wife of F. R. Leavis . After studying at Cambridge, she wrote Fiction and the Reading Public (1932), which analyzed the market for different types of fiction among readers). Her essays on Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and oth... Read more
Mary Mapes Dodge
Mary Mapes Dodge 1831-1905, American writer of children's stories, b. New York City. During her lifetime she was the acknowledged leader in the field of juvenile fiction. Her story Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates (1865) has become a children's classic. From 1873 until her death she edited and... Read more
Franklin Pierce Adams
Franklin Pierce Adams pseud. F. P. A., 1881-1960, American columnist and author, b. Chicago. He began (1903) work as a columnist on the Chicago Journal and continued it on the New York Evening Mail, the Tribune, the World, the Herald Tribune, and the Post. His column, "The Conning... Read more
Horace Gregory
Horace Gregory 1898-1982, American poet and critic, b. Milwaukee, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1923. His poetry is noted for its dramatic structure and penetrating insights into the harshness of contemporary life. Among his volumes of poetry are Chelsea Rooming House (1930), Poems, 1930-1940 ... Read more

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Dorothy Dandridge
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965) was the first African American woman to...strikingly beautiful and charismatic stars ever to grace Hollywood, Dorothy Dandridge blazed a number of significant trails during her short but...
Dorothy Rothschild Parker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Rothschild Parker Dorothy Rothschild Parker (1893-1967), American humorist, was known...unique talent. Born in New Jersey to Scottish-Jewish parents, Dorothy Parker attended Miss Dana's School there and finished her education...
Allison, Dorothy (1925-1999)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Allison, Dorothy (1925-1999) Dorothy Allison, a psychic most known for assisting police departments...grew up in a Roman Catholic family. Her mother was a seer and Dorothy had visions as a child, though her first meaningful psychic...
Dorothy Andersen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Andersen Dorothy Andersen (1901-1963) was the first medical researcher to recognize the disorder known as cystic fibrosis. Dorothy Andersen was the first medical researcher to recognize the disorder...
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin For her work with vitamin B-12, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994) was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin employed the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the molecular...
Dorothy Irene Height
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Irene Height American social activist Dorothy Height (born 1912) was an advocate of women's rights...nation's highest civilian honor, in 1994. Early Years Dorothy Irene Height was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 24...
Dorothy Day
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Day Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a founder of the Catholic Worker Movement which...the Roman Catholic faith in a movement for social justice and peace. Dorothy Day was born on November 8, 1897, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter...
West, Dorothy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy West During a long writing career that began when she was a teenager, Dorothy West (1907–1998) wrote two novels...emerged in the early part of the twentieth century. Dorothy West was born on June 2, 1907, in Boston, Massachusetts...
Fields, Dorothy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Fields Broadway musical and Hollywood film lyricist Dorothy Fields (1905–1974) wrote the words to...Weber and Fields, and of his wife, Rose. The year Dorothy was born he gave up performing and launched a career...
Dorothy Thompson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dorothy Thompson The outspoken conservative American journalist Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) was one of the earliest women...print and radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. Dorothy Thompson was born in Lancaster, New York, on July...

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Burlingham-Tiffany, Dorothy (1891-1979)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis BURLINGHAM-TIFFANY, DOROTHY (1891-1979) Psychoanalyst Dorothy Burlingham was born in New York on October 11, 1891...Tiffany, the celebrated painter and artisan. In 1914 Dorothy wed a surgeon, Robert Burlingham, but their marriage...
Arzner, Dorothy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ARZNER, Dorothy Nationality: American. Born: San Francisco...Johnston, Claire, editor, The Work of Dorothy Arzner: Toward a Feminist Cinema, London...1988. Mayne, Judith, Directed by Dorothy Arzner, Bloomington, 1994. On ARZNER...
Dandridge, Dorothy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers DANDRIDGE, Dorothy Nationality: American. Born: Cleveland...DANDRIDGE: books— Mills, Earl, Dorothy Dandridge: A Portrait in Black, Holloway House, 1970. Bogle, Donald, Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography, Amistad, 1997...
Malone, Dorothy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers MALONE, Dorothy Nationality: American. Born: Dorothy Eloise Maloney in Chicago, Illinois, 30 January 1925...article— Film Dope (London), December 1987. "Dorothy Malone," in Stars, September 1992. Atkinson, M...
McGuire, Dorothy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers McGUIRE, Dorothy Born: Dorothy Hackett McGuire in Omaha, Nebraska, 14 June 1918. Family: Married...1992. * * * One of Hollywood's most versatile leading ladies, Dorothy McGuire combined beauty, talent, and temerity to become a star...
Jeakins, Dorothy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers JEAKINS, Dorothy Costume Designer. Nationality: American. Born: California, 1914...Muscatine), February 1996. Obituary in TCI, February 1996. * * * Dorothy Jeakins was abandoned by her natural parents for unknown reasons, and...
Spencer, Dorothy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SPENCER, Dorothy Editor. Nationality: American. Born: Covington, Kentucky, 2 February...Anniversary Eddie Awards," American Cinemeditor, Spring 1975. * * * Dorothy Spencer's career as film editor spanned five decades in the industry...
Dorothy, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Dorothy, St, also Dorothea , virgin and martyr. According to her legendary Acta , she was mocked on her way to execution by a young...
Thomas, Dorothy Swaine
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology Thomas, Dorothy Swaine (1899–1977) An American sociologist of population and demographic studies. Her published work also includes...
Dorow, Dorothy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Dorow, Dorothy ( b London, 1930). Eng. soprano. Exponent of 20th-cent. mus., singing in London from 1958. Sang in Brit. premi...

Thesaurus entries related to "Dorothy"

pass
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...pass synonyms : kick, hit, throw, cross, lateral (pass). phrases: come to pass literary  it came to pass that Dorothy left Roberto synonyms : happen, come about, occur, transpire, arise; literary befall. make a pass at  are you...
preside
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus preside • verb  Dorothy presides at the meeting synonyms : chair, be chairman/chairwoman/chairperson of/at, officiate (at), conduct, lead...
deprecate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...natural instincts altogether; even if one's reason and self-interest are all the other way.’ ” (Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night ; 1936) Depreciate , transitively, means “belittle, disparage”; and intransitively...

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Dorothy Hamill.(champion figure skater)(Faces in Sports)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...silver carriage and glides across the ice. Dorothy Hamill not only plays Cinderella on ice...Innsbruck, Austria, nineteen-year-old Dorothy Hamill won the gold medal in the women...executive producer of the Ice Capades. Dorothy's love of ice-skating started when...
THE DOROTHY DANDRIDGE STORY
Transcript from: ABC Good Morning America; 7/31/1997; ; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, Actress: (clip from Carmen...cigarette. .. JOAN LUNDEN, Host: Dorothy Dandridge was one of the most talented...with that report is Chantal Westerman. DOROTHY DANDRIDGE: I'm Dorothy Dandridge...
Dorothy Hazzard: When You Know That You Know She's Been Blessed
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The; 2/10/1999; 700+ words ; New York Beacon, The 02-10-1999 Dorothy Hazzard: When You Know That You Know...door to the realization of a dream, then Dorothy Hazzard has achieved her success by simply trusting God. Dorothy Hazzard has written her first novel after...
Dorothy Tase, 81, stays young by volunteering with kids
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 10/17/2003; ; 700+ words ; During her adolescent years, Dorothy Tase zipped around her neighborhood on...We moved around a lot as a family," Dorothy said. "After a while, you sort of have...crafty." It's this tenacity that keeps Dorothy, now 81, sharp mentally and physically...
IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy Ohlhaver (1934-2003)
Magazine article from: Montessori Life; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...out an article written by your mother. Dorothy Ohlhaver passed away in Houston, TX...Rambusch. In her own memorial to Nancy, Dorothy stated that she learned "to lead children...were her years of real teaching, I think Dorothy would say the same of her years at the...
Dear Dorothy
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/9/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...their relationship? The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth By Frances Wilson Faber Pounds 18.99 In writing the life of Dorothy Wordsworth, Frances Wilson has turned...recorded in her famous Grasmere Journal. Dorothy's journal begins in May 1800, as...
Voices: Dorothy Joy Delasin's Birthday Gift
Newspaper article from: AsianWeek; 8/30/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Rodel AsianWeek 08-30-2000 Voices: Dorothy Joy Delasin's Birthday Gift It was a...Sonny and Salfe and their daughters, Dorothy and Divina. At the stroke of midnight...Classic in Warren, Ohio a few weeks ago. Dorothy Joy Delasin, with her father as her caddie...
Remembering Dorothy.(Dorothy Briley)(Nina Bawden address)(Transcript)
Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine; 3/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...YEAR, the Horn Book will publish the Dorothy Briley Lecture, a biennial lecture series...People (USBBY) to commemorate and honor Dorothy Briley's dedication to the field of...We are pleased to present the inaugural Dorothy Briley Lecture, delivered at the third...
Bamberger, Dorothy
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/16/2008; 689 words ; Bamberger, Dorothy The family of Dorothy Ruth Shimon Bamberger publishes this remembrance to celebrate...her passing on August 14, 2008. Born on September 26, 1928, Dorothy was the second daughter of Max J. and Lorraine (Kitz) Shimon...
`CANDY AND DOROTHY' EARNS ITS WINGS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/28/2006; ; 700+ words ; WELLFLEET What if Catholic activist Dorothy Day met transgendered Warhol groupie Candy...up with half the lines in "Candy and Dorothy." It's what David Johnston does with...with the Frank Capra twist: Candy is Dorothy's caseworker and, like Clarence in...