In 1965, while a freshman at Bennington College, Dworkin was arrested during an anti-Vietnam War protest at the United States Mission to the United Nations and sent to the New York Women's House of Detention.
En 1965, mentres estudaba en Bennington College, Dworkin foi arrestada durante unha protesta antiguerra de Vietnam no United States Mission to the United Nations e enviada á New York Women's House of Detention.