Dorothy Donnell Calhoun

Dorothy Donnell Calhoun (died December 2, 1963) was a writer and a magazine editor.

Born in Maine, her parents were magazine writers and her sister Rachel became a medical doctor. Calhoun graduated from Smith College and later married Harold Calhoun, a New York City lawyer. Later, she worked as an assistant to Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labor under President Franklin Roosevelt, where she produced radio programs. As a writer, Calhoun wrote short stories, including the collection titled "Blue Gingham Folks". She worked on a screenplay for Richard Krebs and was a writer for "Sh Don't Wake the Baby", the 1915 film starring Dorothy Phillips.