Quite possibly America's alltime premier wit, Dorothy's writing during the 1920's satirized American social life with a sharp tongue, a keen eye and a heavy dose of black humor. One of the most quoted figures of the literary world, she thumbed her nose at convention and ideas about a woman's role in society from both the male and female point of view. After stints at Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, Dottie relocated to Hollywood to write screenplays but was eventually blacklisted during McCarthy's red witch-hunt. Playing a founding role in both the Screen Actors' Gulid and the Anti-Nazi League, Dorothy was always championing progressive causes and drawing the ire of conservative watchdogs. Although she suffered bouts of alcoholism and several suicide attempts, Dorothy survived to old age, dying of a heart attack at 74.