social reformers

Tells the life story of twentieth-century American activist Dorothy Day, describing her conversion to Catholicism and her founding of the Catholic Worker movement, which aided the poor, protested war, and fought for social justice.

Chronicles the life of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, focusing on her efforts to live out the message of the Gospel and discussing her religious beliefs, protest work, extensive writings, and other related topics.

Examines the life and works of early nineteenth-century abolitionist William Jay, and traces his involvement in the cause of slavery, temperance, and his strong opposition to the repatriation of slaves to Africa and the U.S. annexation of Northern Mexico.

Details the life and work of abolitionist Theodore Weld.

A historical novel based on the life of Sojourner Truth, telling of her life as a slave, her efforts to reunite her family after being freed, and her call by God to speak out against slavery and in favor of women's rights.

Chronicles the life of Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan woman banished from Massachusetts in 1637 for her unconventional religious beliefs and the threat she posed, as an outspoken woman, to social order in the colony.