Born November 8, 1897
Brooklyn, New York
Died November 29, 1980
Brooklyn, New York
Social service provider, peace activist, editor, and religious worker
Dorothy Day remains one of the most highly regarded social activists in the history of the United States. After converting to Catholicism, she lived a life of voluntary poverty and community service. Since the 1930s the Catholic Worker movement Day founded has provided relief to untold numbers of poor and homeless people. Day’s dedication to peace was unfailing; she protested armed conflict during two world wars and encouraged draft card burning during the Vietnam War (1954–75). In the wake of Day’s death there has been a campaign to canonize her as a saint.
Day was born on November 8, 1897, in Brooklyn, New York. When she was six years old her family moved to San Francisco, California, where her father, a journalist, was offered a job covering horse races. The family lived in San Francisco until the 1906 earthquake destroyed the city.
The Days then moved to Chicago, Illinois. Work and money were scarce. The family lived in a small apartment above a saloon in a poor section of town.
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