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Dorothy Wickenden

Executive editor of The New Yorker since 1996, Wickenden wrote “Nothing Daunted,” the tale of her grandmother and a friend who left lives of privilege in 1916 to teach the children of homesteaders

Dorothy Wickenden, NF ’89

A graduate seminar in 1989 on Abraham Lincoln still inspires Wickenden. Mathew B. Brady/Courtesy Library of Congress Executive editor of The New Yorker since 1996, Wickenden wrote “Nothing Daunted,” the…
Dorothy Wickenden, NF ’89

Dorothy Wickenden, NF ’89

Executive editor of The New Yorker since 1996, Wickenden wrote “Nothing Daunted,” the tale of her grandmother and a friend who left lives of privilege in 1916 to teach the…