This time in our series First Names First it is all about Dorothy! Here below is a chronological list of some of the women born with that name. Pick one and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them!

Dorothy Ann Thrupp* psalmist/ hymn writer/translator – Paddington Green, London, England (1779)

Dorothy Parker* poet/critic/satirist – Long Branch, NJ USA (1893)

Dorothy Hodgkin* British chemist/N – Cairo, Egypt (1910)
Dorothy McGuire* actress – Omaha, NE USA (1916)
Dorothy Dandridge* actress/singer/ dancer - Cleveland, OH USA (1922)
Dorothy Malone* actress – Chicago, IL USA (1925) pic
Dorothy E. Smith*  British-Canadian sociologist – Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (1926)

Dorothy Hamill* figure skater/OG – Chicago, IL USA (1956)
Dorothy Stratten* (b Hoogstraten) model/actress - Vancouver, BC Canada (1960)

Updated 22.11.2022