November 8 - Dorothy Day is Born

Labor History in 2:00 · Nov 8, 2026 · 1m

On this day in Labor History the year was 1897. That was the day that Dorothy Day, a leader of the Catholic Worker Movement, was born in Brooklyn, New York.

As a young girl her family moved to San Francisco. Her father lost his job as a sportswriter due to the devastating earthquake of 1906, and the family relocated again to Chicago.

In 1932 she met Peter Maurin, and together they founded the Catholic Worker Movement, a faith-based social justice effort. The Catholic Workers opened what they called houses of hospitality to serve those in need.

Dorothy also helped co-found the Catholic Worker…