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Helen Caldwell Day Riley

1926–2013

United States

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Helen Caldwell Day Riley (1926–2013) was an American nurse, author, and Catholic Worker hospitality house founder. Her three books about race and gender dynamics in the Catholic Church, and African-American Catholic spirituality, all published between 1951 and 1956, were reviewed and discussed nationally.

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