Dorothy Day
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Media, Journalism, Journalists, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists, Catholic Church, Catholics, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History
Article abstract: Cofounder of a radical Catholic social movement, the Catholic Worker (CW), and editor and publisher of its paper, Day linked traditional piety to immediate relief for the needy and to nonviolent direct action in order to end injustice and war.
Early Life
The third of the five children of John I. Day and Grace Satterlee, Dorothy Day was born on November 8, 1897, in Brooklyn, New York, into a comfortable home. At the time of Dorothy’s birth, John Day, the ambitious son of an impoverished Confederate surgeon, was a clerk, but advanced to...
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