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Known for her sharp wit, Dorothy Parker was also an activist

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Sep 23, 202600:54:08Society & Culture

She’s famous for her caustic quips and her love of cocktails, but there was a lot more to Dorothy Parker than her time at the famed Algonquin Round Table. The icon of New York in the 1920s spent decades in Hollywood as a...

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