Dorothy Cornish Explained

Dorothy Cornish
Birth Name:Dorothy Helen Cornish
Birth Date:1 October 1870
Birth Place:Sixhills, Lincolnshire, England
Death Place:Sidmouth, Devon, England
Occupation:Educator, activist, translator, writer
Known For:Co-founding and editing Urania

Dorothy Helen Cornish (1 October 1870 – 7 October 1945) was an English Montessori educator, suffragist, translator and writer. She was a co-creator and editor of the feminist gender studies journal Urania.

Biography

Cornish was born in Sixhills, Lincolnshire, on 1 October 1870. Her father was Rev. Frank Fortescue Cornish, who was H.M. Inspector of Schools, and her mother was Margaret Gertrude Garnier.[1] Her grandfather was Thomas Garnier the Younger and great grandfather was Thomas Garnier the Elder.[2] She moved with her family to Manchester at the age of six for her father's work.[3]

Cornish worked as a Montessori educator and acted as an interpreter for Maria Montessori for many of her English courses.[4]

Cornish was a member of the Aëthnic Union, along with Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Thomas Baty and Jessey Wade. In 1916, they co-founded the feminist journal Urania and she contributed as editor.[5] Cornish opposed children being indoctrinated into gender roles.[6] She moved to Siena around 1895 and spent most of her life in Italy, where she continued her work as co-editor of Urania.[7]

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

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

Cornish died in Sidmouth, Devon, on 7 October 1945.

Bibliography

References

  1. Web site: Tunley . Barbara Frances . Greenwell . Janet . Cornish Genealogy 1600-2007 . 2024-03-08 . ataridogdaze.com.
  2. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004-09-23 . Matthew . H. C. G. . 2024-03-09 . Oxford . 10.1093/ref:odnb/10399 . Harrison . B..
  3. 1952. Some Notes on Contributors. Brontë Society Transactions. 12. 2. 131. 10.1179/bronsoc.1952.12.2.131.
  4. Book: Kramer, Rita. Maria Montessori: A Biography. Diversion Books. 2017. 978-1-63576-109-2. New York. en.
  5. Book: Tiernan, Sonja . 2016-05-16 . Manchester University Press . 978-0-7190-9499-6 . Radical sexual politics and post-war religion . 10.7765/9780719094996.00019 . Sonja Tiernan.
  6. Web site: White. Jenny. 2021-05-18. Jenny White reflects on the legacy of Urania. live. 2021-07-29. LSE Review of Books. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518111514/https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2021/05/18/jenny-white-reflects-on-the-legacy-of-urania/ . 18 May 2021 .
  7. Book: Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1918-1939: The Interwar Period. Edinburgh University Press. 2018. 978-1-4744-1254-4. Clay. Catherine. Edinburgh. 397. en.
  8. Book: International Woman Suffrage: November 1914-September 1916. Taylor & Francis. 2003. 978-0-415-25738-1. Oldfield. Sybil. Abingdon. 228. en.
  9. Book: Women, Social and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Ireland: Dissenting Voices?. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2009. 978-1-4438-0693-0. O'Connor. Sarah. Cambridge. 173. en. Shepard. Christopher C..
  10. News: Gorman . Herbert . 1940-01-28 . A Novel About the Brontes; Miss Cornish's Presentation of the Family Archieves an Excellent Portrait of Charlotte . 2024-06-28 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  11. 1950-01-01. Museum Attendances: Some Comparisons. Brontë Society Transactions. 11. 5. 336–341. 10.1179/030977650796550074. 0309-7765.

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