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Dorothy Cornish
Born
Dorothy Helen Cornish

(1870-10-01)1 October 1870
Sixhills, Lincolnshire, England
Died7 October 1945(1945-10-07) (aged 75)
Sidmouth, Devon, England
Occupations
  • Educator
  • activist
  • translator
  • writer
Notable workUrania
Relatives
FamilyGarnier family

Dorothy Helen Cornish (1 October 1870 – 7 October 1945) was an English educator, translator, writer, and social reformer. She worked as a Montessori teacher and interpreted for Maria Montessori during Montessori's courses in England. Cornish was a member of the Aëthnic Union and, with Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Thomas Baty, and others, co-founded and edited the feminist journal Urania from 1916. She moved to Siena around 1895 and lived for much of her life in Italy, while continuing her editorial work for Urania.

Biography

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Early life

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Cornish was born in Sixhills, Lincolnshire, on 1 October 1870 to Rev. Frank Fortescue Cornish, H. M. Inspector of Schools, and Margaret Gertrude Cornish (née Garnier).[1][2] Her maternal grandfather was Thomas Garnier the Younger, and her great-grandfather was Thomas Garnier the Elder.[3]

Cornish moved with her family to Manchester when she was six, following her father's work.[1]

Career

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Cornish worked as a Montessori educator and interpreted for Maria Montessori during her English courses.[4]

Cornish was a member of the Aëthnic Union, along with Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Thomas Baty (also known as Irene Clyde), and Jessey Wade. In 1916, they co-founded the feminist journal Urania, to which Cornish contributed and for which she served as an editor.[5] She opposed the socialisation of children into gender roles.[6]

Cornish moved to Siena around 1895 and spent much of her life in Italy. She continued to work as a co-editor of Urania while living there.[1][7]

In 1914, Cornish signed the Open Christmas Letter with 100 other suffragists, including Gore-Booth and Roper.[8]

Cornish was a member of the Brontë Society.[1] In 1940, she published a novel about the Brontë sisters.[9] The novel was reviewed in The New York Times.[10] She also translated two essays by Emily Brontë from French.[11]

Death

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Cornish died in Sidmouth, Devon, on 7 October 1945.[1]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Some Notes on Contributors". Brontë Society Transactions. 12 (2). Brontë Society: 131. 1952. doi:10.1179/bronsoc.1952.12.2.131.
  2. ^ Tunley, Barbara Frances; Greenwell, Janet. "Cornish Genealogy 1600-2007" (PDF). Atari Dog Daze & Science Projects. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10399. Retrieved 9 March 2024. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Kramer, Rita (2017). Maria Montessori: A Biography. New York: Diversion Books. ISBN 978-1-63576-109-2.[page needed]
  5. ^ Tiernan, Sonja (16 May 2016). "Radical sexual politics and post-war religion". Eva Gore-Booth: An Image of Such Politics. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7765/9780719094996.00019. ISBN 978-0-7190-9499-6.
  6. ^ White, Jenny (18 May 2021). "Jenny White reflects on the legacy of Urania". LSE Review of Books. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ Clay, Catherine, ed. (2018). Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1918-1939: The Interwar Period. Edinburgh University Press. p. 397. ISBN 978-1-4744-1254-4.
  8. ^ Oldfield, Sybil, ed. (2003). International Woman Suffrage: November 1914-September 1916. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-415-25738-1.
  9. ^ O'Connor, Sarah; Shepard, Christopher C., eds. (2009). Women, Social and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Ireland: Dissenting Voices?. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-4438-0693-0.
  10. ^ Gorman, Herbert (28 January 1940). "A Novel About the Brontes; Miss Cornish's Presentation of the Family Archieves an Excellent Portrait of Charlotte". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Museum Attendances: Some Comparisons". Brontë Society Transactions. 11 (5). Brontë Society: 336–341. 1 January 1950. doi:10.1179/030977650796550074. ISSN 0309-7765.
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