Dora Oake Russell (March 7, 1912 – February 9, 1986) was a writer and educator in Newfoundland.
[2] She completed a teacher training course and began teaching in St. John's in 1933.
Later that year, she became the first women's editor of The Evening Telegram.
[1] Besides writing for newspapers, she also wrote short fiction, plays for radio and television and a book Day by Day: Pages from the Diary of a Newfoundland Woman, published in 1983.
[1] Russell was a founding member of the St. John's Centre branch of the Royal Astronomical Society and was also a leader in the Girl Guides of Canada;[1] she is credited with helping to create the astronomy badge for Girl Guides and establishing its criteria.