Dorothy Day (1897-1980)

Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 8th, 1897 Dorthy Day was a very influential

person in the catholic economic lifestyle. Her father, John Day was out of work when she was

little, which gave her empathy for other then, and later on in life because she also knows what

its like to be there. When she moved to Chicago her life turned for the better, Her father became

sports editor of a major Chicago newspaper. In 1914 she received
a scholarship for the

university of Illinois in Urbana. She wasent very social in school, keeping mostly to herself.

Two years later she dropped out to move to new yourk and become a newspaper reporter.

In 1917 she was arrested for protesting women's
exclusion from the electorate outside the

capitol and was thrown into prison only to be released soon after. This was first of many

arrests in Dorothys future.

As a child Dorothy went to an Episcopical Church from time to time. She also......

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