The Portable Dorothy Parker Summary
Dorothy Parker

The Portable Dorothy Parker Summary

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Dorothy Parker 1893-1967 is considered one of the first feminists of the 1900s. Born in New Jersey as Dorothy Rothschild in 1893, Dorothy grew up in New York. Although she lived with a strict father and stepmother and was schooled in a convent, Dorothy took New York by storm at an early age. At age 16, Dorothy developed a business relationship with Vogue editor, Frank Crowninshield, who gave her an editorial position...

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