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Dorothy Day
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Dorothy May Day (1897–1980) was an American journalist, writer, social activist, and editor. She was educated at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign and identified as a Catholic. Her political ideologies included Christian anarchism, anarchism, and distributism. She was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, the Silent Sentinels, and the National Woman's Party. She is notably associated with the Catholic Worker Movement.
Day wrote in English and received several awards, including the Gandhi Peace Award, the Pacem in Terris Award, induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame, and the Laetare Medal. Her works include *Eleventh Virgin*, *On Pilgrimage*, *From Union Square to Rome*, *Watch For The Light*, and *Plough Quarterly No. 12 - Courage*. She died of a myocardial infarction in New York City.
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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
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Excuse Me America — self
via TMDB
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
Described at
Part I: Militant Women Suffragists—National Woman’s Party | Alexander Street Documents
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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
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Notable work
- Catholic Worker Movement
- Movement
- anarchism
- Image
- Dorothy Day, 1916 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Lower East Side
- Political ideology
- distributism
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- Commons category
- Dorothy Day
- date of birth
- 1897-11-08
- date of death
- 1980-11-29
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- National Woman's Party
- writing language
- English language
- described at URL
- documents.alexanderstreet.com/c/1006939749
- canonization status
- Servant of God
- different from
- Doris Day
- significant person
- Eugene O'Neill
- name in native language
- Dorothy Day
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Encyclopedic overview
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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