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Dorothy May Day

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Dorothy May Day

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
29 Nov 1980 (aged 83)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA
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Section 10
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Suffragette, Social Reformer. She was arrested and beaten for picketing on behalf of suffrage in 1917 and was imprisoned eight times in her life for championing her causes. A convert to Catholicism, she was also the founder of the Catholic Worker movement, and had hoped to launch a sort of Catholic communal society. There is a collection of Catholic Worker papers housed at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Suffragette, Social Reformer. She was arrested and beaten for picketing on behalf of suffrage in 1917 and was imprisoned eight times in her life for championing her causes. A convert to Catholicism, she was also the founder of the Catholic Worker movement, and had hoped to launch a sort of Catholic communal society. There is a collection of Catholic Worker papers housed at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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  • Originally Created by: mj
  • Added: Mar 9, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6246009/dorothy_may-day: accessed ), memorial page for Dorothy May Day (8 Nov 1897–29 Nov 1980), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6246009, citing Cemetery of the Resurrection, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.