Dora Erway

Dora Erway
A white woman with wavy light hair, wearing black
Dora Wetherbee (later Erway), from the 1926 yearbook of Cornell University
Born
Dora Ella Wetherbee

November 19, 1889
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 5, 1976
Ithaca, New York
Occupation(s)Home economist, college professor, artist
SpouseEdgar W. Erway

Dora Wetherbee Erway (November 19, 1889 – December 5, 1976) was an artist and home economist on the faculty of Cornell University from 1921 to 1958. She is best remembered today for the Dora Erway Doll Collection, a set of 37 dolls in elaborate historical costumes, made by her students in the 1920s.