About
Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn, New York. After studying without graduating, she became a journalist for radical publications in New York City, associating with figures like Eugene O'Neill and John Reed. In 1917, she was arrested during a women's suffrage protest. In 1926, the birth of her daughter Tamar led her to convert to Catholicism, and she was baptized in 1927. In 1933, with Peter Maurin, she founded the Catholic Worker Movement and its newspaper, which quickly gained a wide readership. She established houses of hospitality for the homeless and advocated strict pacifism, opposing the Vietnam War. She wrote her autobiography, The Long Loneliness, in 1952. She died in New York in 1980.
* 1897-11-08 — † 1980-11-28
Major works
- The Eleventh Virgin (1924)novel
- The Long Loneliness (1952)autobiography
- Loaves and Fishes (1963)account
Key milestones
- 1933Co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement and launched the Catholic Worker newspaper on May 1.
- 1972Received the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame.
- 2000Declared Servant of God, opening her cause for canonization.
Themes
PacifismSocial justiceCatholicismAnarchismHospitality
Sources: catholicworker.org · britannica.com · anb.org