Dorothy Todd
Dorothy Todd (1883–1966) was a British magazine editor.During her time as editor of British ''Vogue'' from 1922 to 1926, Todd altered the magazine's interest and content from fashion to a broader inclusion of modernist literature and art. Unlike her predecessor, Elspeth Champcommunal, who focused on fashion, travel, and trends, Todd included works by modernists such as Wyndam Lewis, Gertrude Stein, Clive Bell, Virginia Woolf, and Aldous Huxley. Much of "the failure of [her] ''Vogue'' to sustain itself within the specific context of Condé Nast's corporate structure and the general context of British culture in the 1920s" can probably be attributed to its progressive nature and "significant subcultural context" Todd was fired from ''Vogue'' by Condé Nast in 1926 for taking the magazine in a direction he did not approve of. When Todd tried to sue for breach of contract she was told that her "private sins" would be exposed if she did so, which may have referred to her lesbianism but may also have referred to her illegitimate daughter, Helen. In 1982, Madge Garland reflected that the firing and blackmail was rooted in homophobia, writing: "in the days when homosexuality was a criminal offence he [Condé Nast] was not above using the direct threat of disclosure to avoid paying up for a broken contract."
Affectionately known as 'Dody', Todd was born in 1883, and during her time as editor, lived in Chelsea, London with her lover and British ''Vogue''
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