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Dorothy Day (1897–1980) was an American Catholic activist, anarchist, and journalist. Well-remembered for her peaceful protesting, she established the Catholic Worker Movement, which provided aid to the poor and homeless. She is often called the most politically radical figure in the American Catholic Church.

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Five Years with Dorothy Day

I had planned to stay a few months, but was pretty quickly hooked and remained for five years—the last five years of Dorothy’s life, as it turned out.

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A Saint for Difficult People

From bohemian to radical to Catholic activist, Dorothy Day devoted her life to the poor, however unlovable.

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Dorothy Day’s Radical Faith

The life and legacy of the Catholic writer and activist, who some hope will be made a saint.

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An Introduction to Dorothy Day

These studies and Day’s own writings point to a conspicuous entwined thread in the tapestry of Day’s life: a unique combination of social activism and deep religious feeling.

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"To Hell with It" - Dorothy Day

Today, we examine Dorothy Day, to whom, assuredly, the adjective counterfeit has never been applied.

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Dorothy Day – "A Saint for Our Times"

Her life followed an unorthodox path – moving from rejecting religion in favor of activism to embracing Catholicism and integrating it with social action through the Catholic Worker Movement.

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Was Dorothy Day a Saint or a Subversive?

For John Loughery and Blythe Randolph, Dorothy Day’s wholehearted approach to life explains her religious conservatism — her desire to experience the entire Catholic package, warts and all.

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Dorothy Day, Cofounder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Was a Radical Activist

OG History is a Teen Vogue series where we unearth history not told through a white cisheteropatriarchal lens.

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Dorothy Day Review: Biography of a Radical Rebel Is the Masterpiece She Deserves

John Loughery and Blythe Randolph achieve wonders in their life story of one of Francis I’s four morally exemplary Americans.

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An 'Intimate Portrait' of Dorothy Day, the Catholic Activist with a Bohemian Past

Kate Hennessy drew from family letters, diaries and memories in writing Dorothy Day, a biography of her late grandmother.

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