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(1893-1961) Writer, journalist. Dorothy Thompson was born in Lancaster, New York. She was a journalist for the “New York Herald Tribune,” graduated from Syracuse University in 1914, and returned for study in 1937. The University has a collection of her papers. She lived on East 48th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Dorothy Thompson

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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1894

BIRTH

Dorothy Thompson was born in Lancaster, New York, on July 9, 1893.

1914

OTHER

Ms. Thompson graduated from Syracuse University in 1914 and returned for further study in 1937.

1914

OTHER

Ms. Thompson worked as a suffragette activist in Buffalo, New York, from 1914 until 1917.

1917

RESIDENCE

Ms. Thompson moved to New York in 1917.

1928

LITWORK

The New Russia
Henry Holt and Company

1932

LITWORK

I Saw Hitler!
Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated

1938

LITWORK

Essentials of Democracy
The Town Hall, Inc.

1938

LITWORK

Refugees: Anarchy or Organization?
Random House

1939

LITWORK

Let the Record Speak
Houghton, Miffflin and Company

1948

LITWORK

Developments of Our Times
John B. Stetson University, University Press

1957

LITWORK

The Courage To Be Happy
Houghton Mifflin

1961

DEATH

Dorothy Thompson died in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 30, 1961.

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