Dorothy Day

Civil Rights Leader

Birthday November 8, 1897

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace New York City, NY

DEATH DATE Nov 29, 1980 (83)

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About

Journalist and social activist who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement in 193. She was a devout Catholic who used religion to promote women's suffrage and pacifism.

Before Fame

She was a journalist for several progressive cause magazines when she converted to Catholicism at age 30, and co-founded the Catholic Worker newspaper.

Trivia

She promoted in the pages of her paper not only Catholic teachings, but social causes; she believed in them strongly enough to be arrested and go on a hunger strike for them.

Family Life

She was born in New York City.

Associated With

She worked closely with both Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to promote women's suffrage.