Dorothy Kenyon
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Dorothy Kenyon was a pioneering American lawyer, judge, and feminist activist known for her early and influential work advancing women's rights and civil liberties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dorothy Kenyon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3653288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Kenyon Context triple: [On the Basis of Sex, character, Dorothy Kenyon]
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A.
Doris Kenyon
Doris Kenyon was an American actress and singer prominent in silent and early sound films, known for her elegant screen presence and successful transition across entertainment eras.
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B.
Dorothy Cheston Bennett
Dorothy Cheston Bennett was a British actress and writer best known as the long-term partner and later wife of novelist Arnold Bennett.
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C.
Dorothy Yorke
Dorothy Yorke was the wife of Thomas Dudley, a prominent early colonial leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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D.
Dorothy Cumming
Dorothy Cumming was an Australian-born silent film actress best known for her role as the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
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E.
Edith Luckett
Edith Luckett was an American stage actress best known as the mother of Nancy Reagan, the future First Lady of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothy Kenyon Target entity description: Dorothy Kenyon was a pioneering American lawyer, judge, and feminist activist known for her early and influential work advancing women's rights and civil liberties.
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A.
Doris Kenyon
Doris Kenyon was an American actress and singer prominent in silent and early sound films, known for her elegant screen presence and successful transition across entertainment eras.
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B.
Dorothy Cheston Bennett
Dorothy Cheston Bennett was a British actress and writer best known as the long-term partner and later wife of novelist Arnold Bennett.
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C.
Dorothy Yorke
Dorothy Yorke was the wife of Thomas Dudley, a prominent early colonial leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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D.
Dorothy Cumming
Dorothy Cumming was an Australian-born silent film actress best known for her role as the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
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E.
Edith Luckett
Edith Luckett was an American stage actress best known as the mother of Nancy Reagan, the future First Lady of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil liberties advocate
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feminist ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
civil liberties protections
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equal rights for women ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Fiorello La Guardia
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linked to:
Fiorello H. La Guardia
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| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-02-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1972-02-12 ⓘ |
| denounced | McCarthyism ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University School of Law
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Smith College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil liberties
ⓘ
international law ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrInfluenced | Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early influence on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's sex equality litigation
ⓘ
pioneering feminist legal advocacy in the United States ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ |
| movement | second-wave feminism precursor ⓘ |
| notableWork |
civil liberties test cases with the ACLU
ⓘ
early legal strategies advancing women's equality under U.S. law ⓘ |
| occupation |
attorney
ⓘ
civil liberties lawyer ⓘ judge ⓘ women's rights advocate ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
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linked to:
Commission on the Status of Women
|
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Judge of the New York City Municipal Court ⓘ |
| residence | Manhattan ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spokeAt | public forums on women's rights and civil liberties ⓘ |
| supported | Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ |
| wasTargetOf | McCarthy-era accusations of communist sympathies ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dorothy Kenyon Description of subject: Dorothy Kenyon was a pioneering American lawyer, judge, and feminist activist known for her early and influential work advancing women's rights and civil liberties.
Referenced by (1)
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