According to Dorothy Day and many other pacifists, the way to avoid war is by use non-violence and by getting rid of all the social ills that bring suffering and discontent to people. Dorothy Day was a committed pacifist born in New York who gave up most of her adult life helping the poor and fighting for their rights. She led many protests against wars. Early life Dorothy was an American journalist, a social activist, a religious figure, a women rights activist and a dedicated catholic convert,
their wages, to own property, and to vote. Women could only hold positions in the most limited of professions. There were few exceptions, but beginning in the 1840s this slowly began to change as women became involved in the reform and suffrage movements. Women began to experience freedom in the 1920s in politics, economics and work, and education. Despite tremendous contributions by women in all areas of society, women's roles were narrowly defined in the 1800s and early 1900s. Women,