Dorothy (Feiner) Rodgers, 1909-

Dorothy Feiner was born in 1909 to Benjamin Franklin and May Adalson Feiner. She graduated from the Horace Mann School in 1926, and attended Wellesley College from 1926 to 1928. In 1930 she married composer Richard Rodgers; they had two daughters, Mary and Linda. Richard Rodgers died in 1979.

In the 1930s, DFR ran a home decorating and repair business called Repairs, Inc. During World War II she was active in the Writers' War Board, a branch of the Office of War Information that produced shows for U.S. servicemen. Her other volunteer activities have included the Public Education Association of New York (1947-1957), the New York State Council on the Arts (1964-1979), and the Jewish Museum (1984-present).

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