Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-2022) was a bestselling author and political activist, whose more than a dozen books included Nickel and Dimed , which the New York Times described as "a classic in social justice literature", Bait and Switch , Bright-sided , This Land Is Their Land , Dancing In the Streets, and Blood Rites . An award-winning journalist, she frequently contributed to Harper's , The Nation , The New York Times, and TIME magazine. Ehrenreich was born in Butte, Montana, when it was still...See more
Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-2022) was a bestselling author and political activist, whose more than a dozen books included Nickel and Dimed , which the New York Times described as "a classic in social justice literature", Bait and Switch , Bright-sided , This Land Is Their Land , Dancing In the Streets, and Blood Rites . An award-winning journalist, she frequently contributed to Harper's , The Nation , The New York Times, and TIME magazine. Ehrenreich was born in Butte, Montana, when it was still a bustling mining town. She studied physics at Reed College, and earned a Ph.D. in cell biology from Rockefeller University. Rather than going into laboratory work, she got involved in activism, and soon devoted herself to writing her innovative journalism. See less
