Dorothy Cornish
Dorothy Cornish | |
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| Born | Dorothy Helen Cornish 1 October 1870 Sixhills, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 7 October 1945 (aged 75) Sidmouth, Devon, England |
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| Notable work | Urania |
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| Family | Garnier family |
Dorothy Helen Cornish (1 October 1870 – 7 October 1945) was an English educator, translator, writer, and social reformer. A Montessori teacher, she acted as an interpreter for Maria Montessori during Montessori's courses in England. Cornish was also 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 spent most of her life in Italy, while maintaining editorial work for Urania.
Biography
Early life
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 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
Cornish worked as a Montessori educator and acted as an interpreter for Maria Montessori during her English courses.[4]
Cornish was a member of the Aëthnic Union, alongside Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Thomas Baty (also known as Irene Clyde) and Jessey Wade. In 1916, they co-founded the feminist journal Urania which she contributed and for which she served as an editor.[5] She opposed the socialisation of children into gender roles.[6] She moved to Siena around 1895 and spent most of her life in Italy, where she continued her work as a co-editor of Urania.[1][7]
In 1914, she 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
Cornish died in Sidmouth, Devon, on 7 October 1945.[1]
Publications
- Verses (San Bernardino: Pontifical Printing-Office, 1904)
- Sealed Poetry by Robert Burns (editor and translator; Firenze: Landi, 1908)
- These Were the Brontes: A Novel (New York: Macmillan Co., 1940)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tunley, Barbara Frances; Greenwell, Janet. "Cornish Genealogy 1600-2007" (PDF). Atari Dog Daze & Science Projects. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Kramer, Rita (2017). Maria Montessori: A Biography. New York: Diversion Books. ISBN 978-1-63576-109-2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Oldfield, Sybil, ed. (2003). International Woman Suffrage: November 1914-September 1916. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-415-25738-1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Museum Attendances: Some Comparisons". Brontë Society Transactions. 11 (5). Brontë Society: 336–341. 1 January 1950. doi:10.1179/030977650796550074. ISSN 0309-7765.