Dorothy Douglas Robinson Kidder (June 30, 1917 – September 18, 1995) was an American socialite, philanthropist and political hostess.

[7][8] She died from lung cancer in 1995, aged 78 years, at her home in Washington, D.C.[9] Her memorial service was held at the National Cathedral.

[10] With her diplomat husband, Kidder lived and worked in Canada, Australia, Brazil, Vietnam, and France from 1938 to 1968.

[7] She was president of the Association of American Foreign Service Women in the 1960s,[11] and contributed travel, fashion, and interview articles to the Boston Globe, while she was living in Paris in the 1970s.

She also founded the Hopeful Fund, to support services for the unhoused population in Washington, D.C.[15] In June of 1988, Kidder gave an "amusing" oral history interview to the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training,[16] recounting dances with the Ballets Russes in Sydney, exorcisms in Brazil, and too many gimlets in Saigon, among other adventures.