Dorothy Gallery

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park

Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club. In the 1920s, she climbed extensively in the Alps, Britain, and North America after her marriage to Ivor Armstrong Richards. In 1928, she made the celebrated first ascent of the north ridge of the Dent Blanche, with Joseph Georges, Antoine Georges and her husband, which she described in her well-regarded memoir, Climbing Days (1935). Photograph in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News magazine's weekly Women in Sport feature. The magazine comments that, "She is light of build and very active. Those who climbed with her in the Lake District some years ago are enthusiastic about her ability for really hard and technically difficult work." Date: 1927

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Dorothy Violet Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

Dorothy Violet Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1889-1956), styled Lady Gerald Wellesley between 1914 and 1943, born Dorothy Violet Ashton, socialite, author, poet and literary editor. Married 7th Duke of Wellington in 1914. They separated in 1922 when she became the lover of Vita Sackville-West, but never divorced. She is the mother of the current (8th) Duke of Wellington. Date: 1939

© Yevonde Portrait Archive/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

The Flower Girl musical comedy by William T Gliddon

The Flower Girl musical comedy by (book, lyrics and music) William T. Gliddon. First produced at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln on 14th May and the Grand Theatre in Croydon on 30th November 1908. This image shows a promotional postcard for Miss Dorothy Firmin as Lily, the heroine of the piece. Date: circa 1909

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library