Dorothy Parker: Civil Rights Advocate Before It Was Cool

Always ahead of her time

Kathy Copeland Padden
History of Women
Published in
4 min readMar 13

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Most people are familiar with Dorothy Parker as the 1920s bon vivant who presided over the Algonquin Round Table like the Queen she was. Her “flapper verse” and her effortlessly witty banter defined an era and inspired generations of young women to become writers.

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Kathy Copeland Padden
History of Women

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