Dorothy Day : Portraits by Those Who Knew Her

by Riegle, Rosalie G.

• ISBN13: 9781570754678
• ISBN10: 1570754675
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

A unique and intimate biographical celebration of a radical saint for our times.

Author Biography

Rosalie G. Riegle is professor emerita of English at Saginaw Valley State University.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Memories of Passion and Abundant Love	ix
by Kate Hennessy
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xviii
Prologue: First Impressions	1	(4)
I. Dorothy and the Catholic Worker	5	(38)
Beginnings	8	(6)
A Writer above All	14	(5)
Leaders and Followers	19	(5)
Love and Faithfulness	24	(6)
At Home on the Road	30	(9)
Tivoli	39	(4)
2. Politics and Protest	43	(34)
Pacifism	43	(7)
Civil Defense Drills	50	(7)
Piety and Politics	57	(6)
God and Mammon	63	(2)
The Long View	65	(4)
The Sixties	69	(8)
3. Love Is the Measure	77	(31)
Saved by Beauty	77	(11)
Hospitality of the Heart	88	(5)
Loyal Daughter of the Church	93	(11)
Lilies of the Field	104	(4)
4. Family and Friends	108	(28)
Tamar and Forster	108	(7)
Peter and Ammon	115	(4)
Connections	119	(17)
5. What Was She Like?	136	(28)
A Searching Intellect	136	(3)
Making Demands	139	(3)
Storyteller	142	(9)
Thank God, She Was Human!	151	(5)
Engaged and Engaging	156	(8)
6. Later Years	164	(29)
A Room of Her Own	164	(4)
Big Questions	168	(6)
A Geography of the Heart	174	(3)
"It's So Nice to Have a Woman Doctor"	177	(4)
Last Days	181	(12)
Epilogue: After Dorothy 189 Sainthood	193	(6)
Selected Biographies	199	(10)
Index	209