Dorothy Day was born on November 8, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. At the early age of eight years old, Dorothy found a liking towards religion and the bible. Mrs. Day, Dorothy’s mother started bringing Dorothy to church every Sunday. She loved everything about going to church, her favorite happened to be the Benedicite. She took her love for religion to another level when she studied the catechism and was baptized and confirmed at 13 years old at the Church of Our Savior. In her late teenage years, Dorothy took her first job in journalism for a socialist newspaper. During this time, she accounted her first experience in jail followed by many other involvement in suffragette protests.
Dorothy Day was not only inspired by her colleagues and daughter but she also was poor while in college. She worked for odd jobs and lived with families in exchange for doing chores like laundry and child care. Because of this, she had a better sense of social problems and was more critical about the issue. She reported on protests against the cost of living being high, unemployment, strikes and other forms of misery.
Day is associated with peace because of The Catholic Worker Movement. This is a newspaper she cofounded with Peter Maurin. This was immediately a successful paper when it was circulated to around 100,000 by the first year it was published. Because this was out, volunteers came out to help with the work. They soon got donations of money, clothes and food. When they received these things, it then became easier to feed the homeless and unemployed people and quickly after that they opened the first house of hospitality.
Dorothy day is truly inspiring. Although she had some times when she was down, she was still able to pick herself up and ultimately do what she aspired to do. I admire her dedication and driven aspects to continue to help those around. I am inspired by her to continue to do what you want even if those do not agree with you. With that kind of mentality she was able to create something so great.
Works Cited
Allaire, James. “An Introduction to the Life and Spirituality of Dorothy Day.” Catholic Worker Movement, www.catholicworker.org/dorothyday/life-and-spirituality.html