Day, Dorothy (1897-1980)

edited by
Sara Ann Mehltretter
J. Michael Hogan

2006

Voices of Democracy: The U. S. Oratory Project

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declaration of this header.

Day, Dorothy. “Union Square Speech.” D. 6 November 1965. Series W 6.3, Box 2, Folder 5.
Special Collections, Catholic Worker Archives, Marquette University. Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. [=A]

Day, Dorothy. “Union Square Speech.” In Cornell, Thomas. “Life and Death on the Streets of New York.” The Catholic Worker, December 1965, 8. [=B]

The copy-text is Day 1965 (A), a typewritten manuscript of the delivered speech. The speech text is believed to be Dorothy Day’s speaking manuscript for the rally.

The speech was also reprinted, with edits, in The Catholic Worker in an article written by Thomas Cornell (B).

Paragraph numbers have been added in square brackets.

The text of this edition has been thoroughly checked and proofread.

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5 his struggle with plague B: his struggle with with plague A

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Classification

06 November 1965
Union Square, New York, NY

English

Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion-Christian Denominations-Catholic Church-Societies, councils, congresses

BX801

2006-04-25

VOD Associate Editor

Gaines, Robert N.

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2006-06-05

editor
Mehltretter, Sarah Ann

Obtained copy-text from the Catholic Worker Archives, Marquette University
2006-05-05

editor
Mehltretter, Sarah Ann

Transcribed copy-text from archive into electronic format

2006-16-05

co-editor
Hogan, J. Michael

proofread edited copy-text