Life of Dorothy Day was made by a 4th grade student.

1. Dorothy day CORDELIA CANTU 4TH GRADE

2. Born: 8 November 1897 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Died: 29 November 1980 Best Known As: Laywoman who co-founded The Catholic Worker Parents: John and Grace (nee Satterlee) Day She loved the beauty of the natural world and would seek out the quiet of a small beach cottage she owned on the shore of Staten Island. She loved the beauty of the natural world and would seek out the quiet of a small beach cottage she owned on the shore of Staten Island.

3. Relatives: Three brothers (Donald, Sam, and John); one sister By 1936 there were 33 Catholic Worker houses spread across the country

4. In November 1917 Day went to prison for being one of forty women in front of the White House protesting women's exclusion from the electorate

5. Fifteen houses of hospitality closed in the months following the U.S. entry into the war

6. in 1917 as part of an effort to get women the right to vote. Catholic settlement houses she helped establish.

7. . Dorothy Day started out as journalist, Day met Peter Maurin, a French immigrant 20 years her senior. Day helped establish special homes to help those in need. On December 28, Day was received into the Catholic Church.