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[[File:Dorothy Rattigan (1950s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.jpg|thumb|right|'''Dorothy Ratigan (1950s).''' ''Courtesy of [[Rob Hansen]]''.]]
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'''Dorothy 'Dot' Ratigan''', a [[London]] [[fan]] active in the 1950s and 1960s. She published the [[apazine]] ''[[Satan's Child]]'' for [[OMPA]].
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'''Dorothy 'Dot' Ratigan''' (née '''Jacobs'''), was a [[London]] [[fan]] active in the 1950s and 1960s. She published the [[apazine]] ''[[Satan's Child]]'' for [[OMPA]] and contributed to ''[[Femizine]]''. She was on the [[concom]] of the 1952 [[London SF Con]], which was her first [[convention]].
  
She was married to [[Jim Ratigan]].
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Dorothy was married to [[Jim Ratigan]].
  
A note on the surname: contemporary fan publications used both 'Ratigan' and Rattigan'. [[Rob Hansen]] theorises that the former is correct as this is the name used on ''Satan's Child'' and presumably Dorothy typed this herself. However ''[[Eye]]'' #4 which was co-edited by Jim uses the name 'Rattigan'.
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A note on the surname: contemporary fan publications used both 'Ratigan' and Rattigan'. [[Rob Hansen]] theorises that the former is correct as this is the name used on ''Satan's Child'' and presumably Dorothy typed this herself. However ''[[Eye]]'' 4, which was [[co-edited]] by Jim, uses the name 'Rattigan'.
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* {{link | website=https://news.ansible.uk/pdf/sfn.php?ish=LONCONsupplement&go=FIRST#here|text=1952 London SF Con conrep}} by Dorothy Jacobs.  
  
 
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* ''[[Satan's Child]]'' [1955-60] (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Satan's Child]]'' [1955-60] (for [[OMPA]])
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Revision as of 00:16, 13 January 2024

Dorothy Ratigan (1950s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.

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Dorothy 'Dot' Ratigan (née Jacobs), was a London fan active in the 1950s and 1960s. She published the apazine Satan's Child for OMPA and contributed to Femizine. She was on the concom of the 1952 London SF Con, which was her first convention.

Dorothy was married to Jim Ratigan.

A note on the surname: contemporary fan publications used both 'Ratigan' and Rattigan'. Rob Hansen theorises that the former is correct as this is the name used on Satan's Child and presumably Dorothy typed this herself. However Eye 4, which was co-edited by Jim, uses the name 'Rattigan'.

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