Dorothy Day's Death

The civil rights leader Dorothy Day died at the age of 83. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

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.

She was born in New York City.

Quotes

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“We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.” (Dorothy Day)

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“The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.” (Dorothy Day)

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“Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.” (Dorothy Day)

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“They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.” (Dorothy Day)

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“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?” (Dorothy Day)