Dorothy Day biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Dorothy Day

Author Name:

Dorothy Day

Born As:

Other Names:

Dorothy Day

Born:

8 Nov 1897

Died:

29 Nov 1980




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Journalist, social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church                          
                          
                          
Co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933, espousing nonviolence, and hospitality for the impoverished and downtrodden, with Peter Maurin.                          
A named professorship exists in the honor of Dorothy Day at the School of Law of St. John's University, a Catholic university in Queens, New York, United States - currently occupied by labor law scholar David L. Gregory.