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Dora Sanders Carney

Dora Sanders Carney was a Canadian journalist who lived in occupied Shanghai during the onset of the Second World War.

Dora Sanders Carney
Born
Dora May Sanders

(1903-09-12)September 12, 1903
DiedSeptember 18, 1986(1986-09-18) (aged 83)
Other namesMrs. James E. Carney
Dora Carney

Early life

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Dora May Sanders was born in Capetown, South Africa, in 1903. She spent time growing up in Umpata territory South Africa, until her family moved back to Cape Town, then to England, and on to Canada. She married Jim Carney in 1934.[1]

Career

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She started writing ads while living in Toronto,[1] and her writings on the role of women are cited by other people interested in the role of women in Canada.[2][3][4]

 
Dora and Jim Carney in 1934

Carney is best known for her writings on the time she lived in Shanghai. She arrived in Shanghai in 1933, and described the city as an "exhilarating and bewildering experience".[5] She was one of the approximately 250 Canadians living in Shanghai at the time,[6] and she would ultimately spend six years living in Shanghai.[7] She was a resident there in August 1937 when Japanese troops attacked Shanghai. Carney would later describe the situation to a Toronto newspaper.[8] Sanders left Shanghai after the attack to got to Hong Kong[8][9] sailed on the Empress of Canada.[10] Carney returned to Shanghai[11] in 1938. While there she worked for the advertising company Millington, Ltd.[12]

In 1961, Dora and Jim moved to Saturna Island. There, Dora wrote a column, "Gulf Islands Vignette," for the Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper.[13][14]

In 1980 Sanders published a book about her experience in Shanghai, Foreign Devils Had Light Eyes; she was 77 when her book was published.[15] Her second book was to be titled Gotta, Gotta, Gotta.[1]

She died on Saturna Island on 18 September 1983.[16]

Selected publications

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  • Sanders, Dora M. (1933-02-15). "Shackled!". Maclean's Magazine. pp. 17, 41.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  • Sanders, Dora M. (1933-08-15). "Women Won't Be Free". Maclean's Magazine. pp. 8, 33.
  • Carney, Dora (27 November 1937). "'Refugee Dawn'". Saturday Night.
  • Carney, Dora Sanders (1980). Foreign Devils Had Light Eyes. Toronto: Dorset Pub. ISBN 978-0-88893-024-8.[17]

Personal life

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Her sister, Byrne Hope Sanders, was the editor of the Canadian magazine Chatalaine.[18] Carney had four children,[1] including Pat Carney who became a politician in Canada.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bayley, Chuck (1982-06-15). "Dora's fascinating tale". The Vancouver Sun. p. 34. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  2. ^ Strong-Boag, Veronica Jane (1988). The new day recalled : lives of girls and women in English Canada, 1919-1939. Internet Archive. Markham : Viking Penguin.
  3. ^ Strong-Boag, Veronica (2021-11-15). A Liberal-Labour Lady: The Times and Life of Mary Ellen Spear Smith. UBC Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7748-6727-6.
  4. ^ Strong-Boag, Veronica Jane (1988). The New Day Recalled: Lives of Girls and Women in English Canada, 1919-1939. Copp Clark Pitman. ISBN 978-0-7730-4741-9.
  5. ^ Gordon, Katherine (2002). A curious life : the biography of Princess Peggy Abkhazi. Internet Archive. Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-55039-125-1.
  6. ^ Meehan, John David (2004). The Dominion and the Rising Sun : Canada encounters Japan, 1929-41. Internet Archive. Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-7748-1120-0.
  7. ^ Turcotte, Bobbi (1980-10-23). "Writer recalls adventure". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 76. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  8. ^ a b "Saw Shanghai carnage says it could happen here". The Toronto Star. 1937-10-18. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  9. ^ "Mrs. Dora Sanders Carney Painted a Vivid Word Picture of Trying Scenes". Brantford Expositor. 20 January 1938. p. 8.
  10. ^ "Bomb blew up Chinese close to Toronto woman". The Toronto Star. 1937-09-23. p. 39. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  11. ^ "Over the teacups". The Toronto Star. 1941-12-01. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  12. ^ Armand, Cécile (2024-06-04). Madmen in Shanghai: A Social History of Advertising in Modern China (1914–1956). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 90. ISBN 978-3-11-139000-0.
  13. ^ "Author Carney Dead at 83". Vancouver Sun. 23 September 1986. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Dora Carney, 83, was noted author". Toronto Star; Toronto, Ont. 24 Sep 1986. pp. H14 – via Proquest.
  15. ^ Dufour, Pat (1980-10-12). "At 77, she's rookie author". Times Colonist. p. 16. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  16. ^ "Dora Sanders Carney | CWRC/CSEC". cwrc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  17. ^ Reviews of Foreign Devils Had Light Eyes
  18. ^ Sutherland, Fraser (1989). The monthly epic : a history of Canadian magazines, 1789-1989. Internet Archive. Toronto : Fitzhenry & Whiteside. ISBN 978-0-88902-897-5.
  19. ^ Mickleburgh, Rod (12 August 2023). "POLITICIAN HELPED KEEP ABORTION OUT OF CANADA'S CRIMINAL CODE: A trailblazer in federal politics, she was the first female cabinet minister to hold each of three major economic portfolios, and she later served in the Senate for 18 years". The Globe and Mail; Toronto, Ont.. pp. O12 – via Proquest.
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