Dorothy Thompson

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(Dorothy Thompson (nee Towers) (1923- ) is also the historian wife of the late E. P. Thompson; she is a leading expert on the Chartist movement.)

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E. P. Thompson - Chartist

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Dorothy Thompson (Born: 9 July 1893 in Lancaster, New York - died: 1961 in Portugal) was an American journalist, who was noted by Time magazine in 1939 as one of the two most influential women in America, the other being Eleanor Roosevelt.

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9 July - 1893 - Lancaster, New York - 1961 - Portugal - Eleanor Roosevelt

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She is notable as the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany (in 1934), and as the inspiration for Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Woman of the Year (1942).

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Katharine Hepburn - Woman of the Year

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She married Sinclair Lewis in 1928, divorcing him in 1942, the second of her three marriages (her first was to Josef Bard).

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Sinclair Lewis - Josef Bard

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