Dorothea Moore (author)

Dorothea Moore
Moore from a 1929 newspaper
Born
Dorothea Mary Moore

1881 (1881)
London, England
Died5 May 1933(1933-05-05) (aged 51–52)
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
EducationCheltenham Ladies' College
OccupationAuthor

Dorothea Mary Moore (1881 – 5 May 1933) was an author of children's and historical novels[1] and a playwright.[2][3] She was called a "faithful portrayer of the English schoolgirl."[4] She published the first Girl Guide novel, Terry, the Girl Guide, in 1912.[5][6]

Personal life

Moore was born to Rev. W Moore. She had two sisters and one brother[1] and grew up in Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire. She worked as an actress with the Alex Maclean Company in 1911 and 1912.[7][8] During World War I she volunteered with the Voluntary Aid Detachment at Malling House Hospital in Kent.[9] She was in delicate health and lived with her brother, a doctor.[10] She was a supporter of the Primrose League and a member of the Women's Writers Club.[7] She was buried at Horn Hill Church, Chalfont St. Peter.[11]

Writing

Many of Moore's books were published by S W Partridge and Co. Her works were translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Danish[1] and French.[4] She was also published in America.[12] She published The Dorothea Moore Omnibus in 1931.[13] As well as writing stand-alone books, Moore made contributions to Children's Friend magazine,[14][15] the British Girls' Annual,[16][17] the Girl's Own Paper[18] and Little Folks.[19] In 1924 she started editing a column "for cripple children in hospital wards" for The Cripples Journal.[20]

Books

Historical novels

  • Mistress Dorothy (1902)[21]
  • God's Bairn (1904)[22]
  • Evelyn (1904)[23]
  • Brown: A Story of Waterloo (1905) [24]
  • Sidney Lisle; Or the Heiress of St Quentin (1905)[25]
  • Elizabeth's Angel (1907)[26]
  • Jepthah's Lass (1907)[27]
  • Knights of the Red Cross (1907)[28]
  • Pamela's Hero (1907)[29]
  • My Lady Bellamy (1909)[30]
  • The Luck of Ledge Point (1909)[31]
  • The Christmas Children (1909)[23]
  • Lady of Mettle (1910)[32]
  • The Giant's Finger (1911)[33]
  • Under the Wolf's Fell (1911)[34]
  • Nadia to the Rescue (1912)[35]
  • When the Moon is Green (1913)[36]
  • A Brave little Royalist (1913)[37]
  • Rosemary the Rebel (1913)[38]
  • Captain Nancy (1914)[39]
  • Cecily's Highwayman (1914)[40]
  • Wanted: An English Girl (1916)[41]
  • A Nest of Malignants (1919)[42]
  • In the Reign of the Red Cap (1924)[43]
  • Z House (1925)[44]
  • My Lady Venturesome (1926)[45]
  • Perdita, Prisoner of War (1926)[46]
  • Adventurers All! (1927)[47]
  • The Wrenford Tradition (1929)[48]
  • Queens for Choice (1934)[49]

Schoolgirl novels

  • A Plucky School Girl (1908)[50]
  • The Making of Ursula (1909)[51]
  • The Lucas Girls; or The Man of the Family (1911)[52]
  • A Runaway Princess: Or HRH Smith at School (1912)[53]
  • Septima School Girl (1914)[54]
  • Schoolgirl Honour (1916)[55]
  • The New Girl (1917)[56]
  • The Head Girl's Sister (1918)[57]
  • The Head of the Lower School (1919)[58]
  • The Right Kind of Girl (1920)[59]
  • The New Prefect (1921)[60]
  • An Adventurous Schoolgirl (1921)[61]
  • The New Girl at Pen-y-gant (1922)[62]
  • Tam of Tiffany's (1923)[63]
  • The Only Day Girl (1923)[64]
  • A Schoolgirl Adventurer: A Story of the '45 (1927)[65]
  • At Friendship's Call (1932)[66]
  • Nicky of Nine Schools (1932)[66]

Girl Guides

  • Terry, the Girl Guide (1912)[35]
  • Guide Gilly Adventurer (1922)[67]
  • A Young Pretender (1924)[68]
  • Greta of the Guides (1926)[69]
  • Brenda of Beech House (1927)[70]
  • Adventurers Two (1929)[48]
  • Judy Patrol Leader (1930)[67]
  • Judy Lends a Hand (1932)[71]
  • Sara to the Rescue (1932)[72]

Plays

  • A Pageant of Empire (1910)[73]
  • My Lady Bellamy (1910)[74] – produced at Woolwich Theatre Royal[75]
  • Primrose League Pageant (1911)[1] – produced at Shaftesbury Theatre
  • The lasses of Culverhouse (1921)[76]
  • Lilies or Lavender (1929)[77]

Girl Guides

Moore joined the Girl Guide movement in its infancy. She became captain of a Guide company in Eastbourne,[1] whose members included Tirzah Garwood in the 1920s.[78] She went on to become a Guide commissioner.[6][79] Her book Terry, the Girl Guide (1912) was the first Girl Guide novel to be published, with a foreword by Agnes Baden-Powell, the Guide president.[5][80] Moore's story Guide Gilly was featured in The Guide magazine, resulting in a stand-alone novel in 1922.[81] She also contributed to The Girl Guides' Book in 1923[82] and 1926.[83]

See also

  • Cadogan, Mary: You're a Brick, Angela! A New Look at Girls' Fiction from 1839 – 1975 (1976) Pub. Gollancz
  • Mitchell, Sally: The New Girl: Girls' Culture in England 1880-1915 (1995) Pub. Columbia University

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Miss Dorothea Moore". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. Chesham, England. 1933-05-26. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "Royal Opera House". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, England. 1910-08-08. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Popular Girls' author". Daily Mirror. London, England. 1921-05-10. p. 9.
  4. 1 2 "Novelist of English schoolgirls". Daily Record. Glasgow, Scotland. 1920-01-05. p. 7.
  5. 1 2 Talbot, Heather (2009). To keep the Guide law: a look at Guide fiction stories. Malvern, UK: Aspect Design. p. 12. ISBN 9781905795222.
  6. 1 2 Cadogan, Mary (1976). You're a brick, Angela! A new look at girls' fiction in 1839 - 1975. London, UK: Gollancz. p. 141. ISBN 057502061X.
  7. 1 2 Kemp, Sandra (1997). Edwardian fiction: An Oxford companion. Oxford, UK: OUP. p. 283. ISBN 9780198117605.
  8. ↑ Pendergast, Sara (1999). St James Guide to Children's writers. Detroit, USA: St James Press. p. 760. ISBN 1558623698.
  9. ↑ Red Cross; Kettering, England, Uk; Voluntary Aid Detachments (Vads); URL: https://vad.redcross.org.uk/
  10. ↑ Garwood, Tirzah (2016). Long live great Barfield: The autobiography of Tirzah Garwood. London, UK: Persephone Books Ltd. p. 60. ISBN 9781910263099.
  11. ↑ "S W Local wills". Bucks Free Press. Buckingham, England. 1933-10-20. p. 13.
  12. ↑ "Girls' authoress". The Mail. Millom, England. 1924-09-27. p. 2.
  13. ↑ "Without Dr Doolittle". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 1931-12-04. p. 19.
  14. ↑ "S W Partridge and Co's publications". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Huddersfield, England. 1906-12-13. p. 4.
  15. ↑ "Messrs Partridges magazines". Weekly Examiner. Huddersfield, England. 1911-12-02. p. 9.
  16. ↑ "The British Boys". The Guardian Journal. Nottingham, England. 1911-12-05. p. 15.
  17. ↑ "Books for young people". The Graphic. London, England. 1914-11-28. p. 4.
  18. ↑ Kirkpatrick, D L (1983). Twentieth Century children's writers. New York, USA: St Martins Press. p. 559. ISBN 9780312824143.
  19. ↑ "Little Folks". Coventry Herald. Coventry, England. 1926-11-13. p. 4.
  20. ↑ "The cause of the cripples". Liverpool Daily Post. Liverpool, England. 1924-12-16. p. 4.
  21. ↑ "Gift books for boys and girls". The Birmingham Post. Birmingham, England. 1902-12-05. p. 4.
  22. ↑ "Books received". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 1904-10-21. p. 6.
  23. 1 2 Cooper, John (1998). Children's fiction 1900-1950. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. p. 30. ISBN 185928289X.
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  26. ↑ "Books received". The Guardian. London, England. 1907-10-10. p. 5.
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  28. ↑ "Books for the bairns". The East Kent Times and Mail. Ramsgate, England. 1907-11-06. p. 8.
  29. ↑ "Books received". The Guardian. London, England. 1907-11-09. p. 10.
  30. ↑ "Books received". Manchester Courier. Manchester, England. 1909-09-23. p. 9.
  31. ↑ "Books for the young". The Birmingham Post. Birmingham, England. 1909-11-05. p. 4.
  32. ↑ "Books received". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 1910-10-15. p. 15.
  33. ↑ "News and notes of the churches". The Alcester Chronicle. Alcester, England. 1911-01-14. p. 5.
  34. ↑ "Books received". Liverpool Daily Post. Liverpool, England. 1911-10-16. p. 10.
  35. 1 2 "New xmas gift books". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 1912-11-27. p. 16.
  36. ↑ "And some others". The Observer. London, England. 1913-09-07. p. 3.
  37. ↑ "Books for juveniles". Evening Standard. London, England. 1913-10-23. p. 8.
  38. ↑ "Books for juveniles". Evening Standard. London, England. 1913-11-17. p. 9.
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  41. ↑ "Juvenile". Western Daily Press. Bristol, England. 1916-11-20. p. 7.
  42. ↑ "New SPCK books". The Guardian. London, England. 1919-12-01. p. 7.
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  45. ↑ "The Sheldon Press". The Guardian. London, England. 1926-12-01. p. 4.
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  53. ↑ "Publications received". Western Daily Press. Bristol, England. 1912-11-18. p. 7.
  54. ↑ "Literary notes". The Worcester Herald. Worcester, England. 1914-06-13. p. 1.
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  63. ↑ "The book club". The Perthshire Advertiser. Perth, Scotland. 1923-01-27. p. 6.
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  65. ↑ "New books". Liverpool Daily Post. Liverpool, England. 1927-11-09. p. 4.
  66. 1 2 "Books received". Hull Daily Mail. Hull, England. 1932-09-22. p. 5.
  67. 1 2 Talbot, Heather (2009). To keep the Guide law: a look at Guide fiction stories. Malvern, UK: Aspect Design. p. 70. ISBN 9781905795222.
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  76. ↑ "Amateur theatricals". Southern Daily Echo. Southampton, England. 1921-04-07. p. 2.
  77. ↑ "A new play". The Observer. London, England. 1929-06-09. p. 15.
  78. ↑ Garwood, Tirzah (2016). Long live great Barfield: The autobiography of Tirzah Garwood. London, UK: Persephone Books Ltd. p. 59. ISBN 9781910263099.
  79. ↑ "Dorothea Moore – an appreciation". Eastbourne Chronicle. Eastbourne, England. 1933-05-27. p. 17.
  80. ↑ "Terry the Girl Guide". Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail. Dublin, Ireland. 1913-01-18. p. 8.
  81. ↑ "Books to read". The Guider (Vol. IX No. 107 ed.). London, UK: Girl Guides Association. November 1922. p. 202.
  82. ↑ "A Guides gift book". The Hanwell Gazette. London, England. 1923-10-27. p. 9.
  83. ↑ "The childrens annual". The Birmingham Post. Birmingham, England. 1926-12-03. p. 6.
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