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Day must have know of Mary White Ovington. Day was an avid reader in her teens, particularly fond of Upton Sinclair‘s The Jungle. She worked from one book to another, noting Jack London‘s mention of Herbert Spencer inMartin Eden, and then from Spencer to Darwin and Huxley. She learned about anarchy and extreme poverty from Peter Kropotkin, who promoted a belief in cooperation in contrast to Darwin’s competition for survival.[5] She also enjoyed Russian literature in university, especially Dostoesvky, Tolstoy, and Gorky.[6] Day read a lot of socially conscious work, which gave her a background for her future; it helped bolster her support for and involvement in social activism.
https://rosamondpress.com/2016/08/17/morris-and-mary-white-ovington/ Day was an avid reader in her teens, particularly fond of Upton Sinclair‘s The Jungle. She worked from one book to another, noting Jack London‘s mention of Herbert Spencer inMartin Eden, and then from Spencer to Darwin and Huxley. She learned about anarchy and extreme poverty from Peter Kropotkin, who promoted a belief in cooperation in contrast to Darwin’s competition for survival.[5] She also enjoyed Russian literature in university, especially Dostoesvky, Tolstoy, and Gorky.[6] Day read a lot of socially conscious work, which gave her a background for her future; it helped bolster her support for and involvement in social activism.