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Birthdate
New York, New York
Green, Sally K. Who Was Dorothy Day? Digital image. Dorthy's Place. 29 Nov. 2005. Web. 19 Jan. 2021.
the picture is a portrait of Dorothy Day -
Day’s family moved to Oakland California
when she was 6 years old -
college
Studied at the University of Illinois started college at 16 -
Dorthy graduates high school at 16
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during World War One
she did a training program to become a nurse -
She converted into a catholic
She was intrigued by the Catholic faith for years -
new's reporter
reported on a march against hunger for a Catholic publication -
Dorthy Day co-founded The Catholic Worker
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benedictine
In the 1940s, she became a benedictine and was introduced to spiritual practices -
created autobiography
called “The Long Loneliness” -
traveled to Rome
to meet pope john the 23rd -
Period: to
built houses
built houses for the poor and less fortunate -
for her 75th birthday got the Laetare Medal
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arrested
for working with the united farm workers for 2 weeks in a prison farm -
awarded teachers of peace
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saw Mother Teresa for the last time
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death date
New York, New York -
memorial mass
at St Patrick’s cathedral in 1980 -
becomes saint
she's a Vatican servant of God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CphJLmS8-Fc This video basically explains the life of Dorothy Day -
work cited part 2
TheFamousPeople.com, Editors of. “Who Was Dorothy Day? Everything You Need to Know.” Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline, 18 June 2018, www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/dorothy-day-1255.php. Zablotny, Carolyn, and Anthony Santella. “The Dorothy Day Guild.” Dorothy Day Blog , Oct. 2020, dorothydayguild.org/about-her-life/timeline/. -
work cited part 1
McNamara, Robert. “The Editor Whose Catholic Worker Newspaper Called for Social Justice.” ThoughtCo, 13 Dec. 2018, www.thoughtco.com/dorothy-day-biography-4154465.
TheFamousPeople.com, Editors of. “Who Was Dorothy Day? Everything You Need to Know.” Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline, 18 June 2018,
