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By : Foynequa Keyes

Dorothy Parker. By : Foynequa Keyes. Birth. Dorothy Parker was born on August 22, 1893 She lived in West End, New Jersey Her parents were Eliza Marston (MOM) and Jacob Rothschild (DAD). Childhood. This made Dorothy Parker have a bad childhood

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By : Foynequa Keyes

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  1. Dorothy Parker By : Foynequa Keyes

  2. Birth • Dorothy Parker was born on August 22, 1893 • She lived in West End, New Jersey • Her parents were Eliza Marston (MOM) and Jacob Rothschild (DAD)

  3. Childhood • This made Dorothy Parker have a bad childhood • As a result of this she accused her father of being physically abusive • Mom died when Parker was five years old In July 1898

  4. Dorothy Parker in her childhood years

  5. Growing Up • Dorothy Parker started her life as a dance instructor at the age of 16 • Shortly after she decided to write • Things Such as: short stories, poems ,and screen writing

  6. Brother & Father • Then Parker’s father died in December on the 28th in 1913 • Parker’s brother, Henry, died a couple years before their father in a plane crash

  7. First Poem • Dorothy Parker published first Poem in 1914 • “Any Porch” • It sold for $12

  8. High School • In school she learned many languages like: French and Italian • Parker found out that she was not graduating high school and was not proud

  9. Works of Parker

  10. Quotes • “ I do not care what is written about me, so long as it is not true” – Dorothy Parker

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