| − | Dorothy Parker was born Dorothy Rothschild on August 22, 1893, in New Jersey.<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/dorothy-parker-9433450</ref> Her mother died when she was young, so her father remarried a Roman Catholic, which led to her attending Catholic school (which she later denounced as useless) and left her unsympathetic to her parents' being dead by the time she was 20.<ref>https://www.poemhunter.com/dorothy-parker/biography/</ref> She was tragically forced to support herself as a dance instructor for a few months before she began writing for magazines like ''Vanity Fair'' and ''Vogue'' and indulged in the luxury hotels of the [[Roaring Twenties]].<ref>https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/dorothy-parker</ref> She was a member of the Algonquin Round Table group of writers along with [[Robert Benchley]] and, after a career of trashing New York City's mansions and hotels, moved to [[Hollywood]].<ref>https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/dorothy-parker#poet</ref> During the Great Depression, she decided that socialism, not the elimination of the stock market, could end financial woes, and continued to write for magazines, including ''Esquire''.<ref>http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/parker/bio.htm</ref> She was very active in liberal politics in Hollywood and in the [[Spanish Civil War]] until a rush of conservatism after World War Two and the death of many of her fellow writers left her to be presumed dead and greatly forgotten.<ref>"Parker, Dorothy." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> | + | Dorothy Parker was born Dorothy Rothschild on August 22, 1893, in New Jersey.<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/dorothy-parker-9433450</ref> Her mother died when she was young, so her father remarried a Roman Catholic, which led to her attending Catholic school (which she later denounced as useless) and left her unsympathetic to her parents' being dead by the time she was 20.<ref>https://www.poemhunter.com/dorothy-parker/biography/</ref> She was tragically forced to support herself as a dance instructor for a few months before she began writing for magazines like ''Vanity Fair'' and ''Vogue'' and indulged in the luxury hotels of the [[Roaring Twenties]].<ref>https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/dorothy-parker</ref> She was a member of the Algonquin Round Table group of writers along with [[Robert Benchley]] and, after a career of trashing New York City's mansions and hotels, moved to [[Hollywood]].<ref>https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/dorothy-parker#poet</ref> During the Great Depression, she decided that socialism, not the elimination of the stock market, could end financial woes, and continued to write for magazines, including ''Esquire''.<ref>http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/parker/bio.htm</ref> She was very active in liberal politics in Hollywood and in the [[Spanish Civil War]] until a rush of conservatism after [[World War II]] and the death of many of her fellow writers left her to be presumed dead and greatly forgotten.<ref>"Parker, Dorothy." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> |