SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Dorothy Day

1897 - 1980

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Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics. Day's conversion is described in her 1952 autobiography, The Long Loneliness. Day was also an active journalist, and described her social activism in her writings. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Day is the 387th most popular social activist (down from 351st in 2019), the 5,207th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,119th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dorothy Day ranks 387 out of 840. Before her are Tuvia Bielski, Meshadi Azizbekov, Anatoly Marchenko, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, Dimitrana Ivanova, and Marianne Hainisch. After her are Ryu Gwansun, Mathew Brady, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ela Bhatt, Hamida Javanshir, and Sergei Kovalev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Dorothy Day ranks 178. Before her are Kurt Feldt, Nima Yooshij, Pierre Fresnay, Nicholas Poppe, Paavo Talvela, and Karel Lamač. After her are Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Alberto Cavalcanti, Ram Prasad Bismil, J. L. B. Smith, Henry Cowell, and Zhou Fohai. Among people deceased in 1980, Dorothy Day ranks 160. Before her are Arthur Melvin Okun, Andrija Anković, Yakov Malik, Nihat Erim, Sanjay Gandhi, and Jan Werich. After her are Terence Fisher, Boris Delaunay, Jean Robic, Katherine Anne Porter, Ángel Sanz Briz, and Fatmawati.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Day ranks 5,207 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles Mackerras (1925), Brad Bird (1957), Edward Furlong (1977), Joseph Brant (1742), Alvan Clark (1804), and Chester Conklin (1886). After her are Connie Britton (1967), Edmund Muskie (1914), Belle Starr (1848), Madeline Kahn (1942), Wayne Kramer (1948), and Estelle Harris (1928).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Dorothy Day ranks 46. Before her are Lucretia Mott (1793), Clara Barton (1821), Russell Means (1939), Abbie Hoffman (1936), Samantha Smith (1972), and Leonard Peltier (1944). After her are Mathew Brady (1822), Sumner Paine (1868), Black Elk (1863), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Alice Paul (1885), and Lester R. Brown (1934).

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