Cherryh, Carol Emshwiller, Tanith Lee, Judith Merrill, Joanna Russ, and Kate Wilhem) who "emerged as groundbreaking and prolific writers" in the 1960 and 1970s writing feminist science fiction.
[1][6] Dorman's best-known work of science fiction is the story "When I Was Miss Dow", which was published in Galaxy in 1966[2] and has been reprinted numerous times and received a James Tiptree, Jr. retrospective award nomination.
"[7] Further, they argue that Dorman uses "this convention... to examine the restraints, damages, and dangers that the patterns of 'female' and 'male' have imposed on human beings.
"[7] Dorman also published in non Science Fiction magazines including Redbook and The Saturday Evening Post.
After her divorce in 1986, Dorman moved to Taos, New Mexico, where she began publishing under her maiden name and where she lived until her death.