BELLA DODD

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This website is dedicated to the life and work of Isabella (“Bella”) Visono Dodd (1904 – 1969). She was a Communist lawyer in New York from 1932-1949, working within the New York educational system. She was expelled from the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) in 1949. Three years later (1952), she was conditionally baptized into the Catholic Church by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

What was Bella’s message to the United States and the world? What is the relationship of her legacy to the 21st century? This website endeavors to answer these questions. It strives to provide solid and reliable information about Bella so as to provide an accurate picture of an intriguing figure of 20th century political (and religious) history.

This website is being developed. So please do check back regularly to see new material as it becomes available!