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(1897-1980) Writer, social activist, editor. “The Catholic Worker,” lived on Staten Island and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery.

Full Name

Dorothy Day

Locations

Richmond

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Ms. Day lived for a time in Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York.

1897

BIRTH

Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York, on November 8, 1897.

1916

RESIDENCE

Ms. Day moved to New York in 1916.

1924

LITWORK

The Eleventh Virgin
New York: Albert and Charles Boni

Novel.

1925

RESIDENCE

Ms. Day lived on Staten Island, New York, from 1925 to 1929 and during the 1970s.

1938

LITWORK

From Union Square to Rome
Silver Spring, Maryland: Preservation of the Faith Press

Nonfiction.

1939

LITWORK

House of Hospitality
New York, New York: Sheed and Ward

Nonfiction.

1948

LITWORK

On Pilgrimage
Catholic Worker Books

Nonfiction.

1952

LITWORK

The Long Loneliness: An Autobiography by Dorothy Day
Harper

Autobiography.

1960

LITWORK

Th��r��se
Fides Publishers Association

Biography.

1963

LITWORK

Loaves and Fishes: The Inspiring Story of the Catholic Worker Movement
New York, New York: Harper and Row

Nonfiction.

1980

INTERMENT

Dorothy Day was interred at Cemetery of the Resurrection, Pleasant Plains, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York.

1980

DEATH

Dorothy Day died in Manhattan, New York, on November 29, 1980.

2004

LITWORK

Peter Maurin: Apostle to the World
Orbis Books

Biography.

2017

LITWORK

The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus
Plough Publishing House
0874867924 / 978-0874867923
Nonfiction.

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