Dorothy Day Research Paper

As a society, we try to see the good in people wherever we are. Our societal norm is constructed and based on the common good and not working for others because we have to but because we want to and need change. I have come to learn and admire now one of my favorite social justice icon that has worked for the poor and with the poor for a change in the social justice system. Dorothy Day (1897-1980), started her life as a simple journalist. For her time, she was considered as a very outgoing and a straight forward person. She has been an activist for the poor and believed in direct assistance of the poor. At a very young age, she became a journalist and started working with different people. Ultimately, this has led her to experience different circumstances that later played a significant role in her life and her achievements. At one point, she even “traveled to Washington with a group of Columbia University students who opposed conscription”. I thought it was brave of her to actually report by writing on social injustices such “high cost of living, strikes, unemployment, and the many forms of human misery”. All of her experiences she …show more content…
Although I am not involved in the things she used to encounter every day, the very first thing I realized and learned after reading about her life story is to never underestimate anyone and everyone. Personally, I think she is the definition of courage. She was probably judged negatively throughout her life. She has defied the odds of a woman of her time bringing a drastic change in the system and condition the poor was living in. Her life has taught me not to judge anyone by the style they live in but by the actions they take. Just by looking at her, people have certain opinions of her and her past life, however, that is not all Dorothy Day. She is more than peoples’ opinion and has done much more for the common good of the