Dorothy Day
Sign in to saveAmerican journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 November 1897
- Died
- 29 November 1980
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Eleventh Virgin
- On Pilgrimage
- From Union Square to Rome
- Watch For The Light
- Plough Quarterly No. 12 - Courage
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Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Excuse Me America — self
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 12,959x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,371x
- The Capabilities of Market-Driven Organizations
· 1994 · cited 9,603x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,035x
- <i>Review</i>
: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems: Conceptual Foundations And Research Issues1,2
· 2001 · cited 5,960x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1897-11-08 ) November 8, 1897, New York City , U.S.
- Hometown
- Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- November 29, 1980 (1980-11-29) (aged 83), New York City , U.S.
- Resting place
- Cemetery of the Resurrection , New York City
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 8 November 1897
- Died
- 29 November 1980
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- May
- Family name
- Day
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn Heights
- Place of death
- New York City
- Sibling
- Donald S. Day
- Employer
- Commonweal
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Dorothy Day OblSB (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics.
Day's conversion is described in her 1952 autobiography, The Long Loneliness. Day was also an active journalist, and described her social activism in her writings. In 1917, she was imprisoned as a member of suffragist Alice Paul's nonviolent Silent Sentinels. In the 1930s, Day worked closely with fellow activist Peter Maurin to establish the Catholic Worker Movement, a pacifist movement that combines direct aid for the poor and homeless with nonviolent direct action on their behalf. She practiced civil disobedience, which led to additional arrests in 1955, 1957, and in 1973 at age 75.
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1897 births1980 deaths20th-century American memoirists20th-century American newspaper editors20th-century American newspaper founders20th-century American women journalists20th-century American women writers20th-century anarchistsActivists from BrooklynActivists from ManhattanAmerican anarchist writersAmerican anti-capitalists