As a professional writer it made sense she would ahve a strong influence in American Catholicism.

Dorothy Day (click here) has been called many things:  an activist, a journalist, a radical, a bohemian, a mother, a convert, a mystic, a prophet, a faithful daughter of the Church.  After her death in 1980, historian David O’Brien famously called her “the most important, interesting, and influential figure in the history of American Catholicism.”

 David O'Brien, Catholic historian and social analyst, retires. (click here)

Most of the photos of Dorothy Day shows her in her later years, but, there are few that capture her a younger woman.Pope Francis - "Giving primacy to god means having the courage to say no to evil, violence, oppression; to live a life of service to others..."