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. She moved with her family to Manchester at the age of six for her father's work.[2]

Cornish worked as a Montessori educator and acted as an interpreter for Maria Montessori for many of her English courses.[3]

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.[4] Cornish opposed children being indoctrinated into gender roles.[5] She moved to Siena around 1895 and spent most of her life in Italy, where she continued her work as co-editor of Urania.[6]

In 1914, she signed the Open Christmas Letter along with 100 other suffragists, including Gore-Booth and Roper.[7]

Cornish was a member of the Brontë Society, and, in 1940, she published a novel about the Brontë sisters,[8] which was well received in The New York Times.[9] She also translated two French essays by Emily Brontë.[10]

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. 1952. Some Notes on Contributors. Brontë Society Transactions. 12. 2. 131. 10.1179/bronsoc.1952.12.2.131.
  3. Book: Kramer, Rita. Maria Montessori: A Biography. Diversion Books. 2017. 978-1-63576-109-2. New York. en.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 .
  6. 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.
  7. Book: International Woman Suffrage: November 1914-September 1916. Taylor & Francis. 2003. 978-0-415-25738-1. Oldfield. Sybil. Abingdon. 228. en.
  8. 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..
  9. 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.
  10. 1950-01-01. Museum Attendances: Some Comparisons. Brontë Society Transactions. 11. 5. 336–341. 10.1179/030977650796550074. 0309-7765.