Dorothy Wordsworth’s Many Hats – Remembering Dorothy Wordsworth

Dorothy Wordsworth, like many women in the Romantic era, inhabited many roles, or “wore many hats” amongst family and friends. Though most of her works were not published until after her death, Dorothy’s letters, journals, and poems demonstrate the breadth of her literary labors in life. Her peers saw her as an intellectual with a discerning eye, sensitive heart, and masterful pen. However, to look only at her writing is to limit her to the page. Dorothy was also a mountaineer, homemaker, gardener, cook, aunt, sister, and wonderful friend. Existing in a society where women were often expected to remain in the domestic sphere, Dorothy’s achievements establish her as a historical female of influence both inside and outside the home.

Dorothy Wordsworth, Address to a Child and The Mother's Return in William Wordsworth's 1815 Poems — Dorothy Wordsworth, "Address to a Child" and "The Mother's Return" in William Wordsworth's 1815 *Poems*

Dorothy Wordsworth's unpublished letter to her niece Dora — "Dorothy Wordsworth's Unpublished Letter to Her Niece"

The Kenyon transcript of Dorothy Wordsworth's letter describing her excursion up Scawfell Pike, October 1818 — "Excursion Up Scawfell Pike”: 1818 Manuscript

She is a Woman Indeed! Portrait of Dorothy Wordsworth — "She is a Woman Indeed!"

Title page of Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, volume 1, 1897 edition — *Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth*, 1897

Cover of The Poetry of Dorothy Wordsworth, edited by Hyman Eigerman, 1940 — *The Poetry of Dorothy Wordsworth*, edited by Hyman Eigerman, 1940

Book cover of Not Just Porridge: English Literati at Table — Anna Rudelli, “Romantic Food at Dove Cottage: Dorothy Wordsworth’s Cookery and Kitchen Garden,” 2017

Front cover of Dorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister's Love by Edmund Lee, 1886 — Edmund Lee's *Dorothy Wordsworth: The Story of a Sister’s Love*, 1886

Page 2 of Harriet Martineau's A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, 1855 — Harriet Martineau's, *A Complete Guide to the English Lakes*, 1855

This display case assembled by Amanda Charles, Emily Wright, Hailey Kate Chatlin, and Noelle Conder.