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Dorothy Day
American religious and social activist (1897–1980)
For the American plant physiologist, see Dorothy Day (plant physiologist).
Not to be confused with Doris Day.
Servant of God Dorothy Day OblSB | |
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| 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 |
Dorothy Day (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.[1][2]
Day's conversion is described in her 1952 autobiography, The Long Loneliness.[3][4] Day was also an active journalist, and described her social activism in her writings.
In 1917 she was imprisoned as a