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Barbara Ehrenreich
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Barbara Ehrenreich is an American author and political activist.
Known for
- Jakten på lyckan — Herself2011
- Skavlan — Self - Guest2009
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Key facts
- Born
- Barbara Alexander , ( 1941-08-26 ) August 26, 1941, Butte, Montana , U.S.
- Died
- September 1, 2022 (2022-09-01) (aged 81), Alexandria, Virginia , U.S.
- Occupation
- Social critic journalist author activist
- Education
- Reed College ( BA ) Rockefeller University ( PhD )
- Genre
- Nonfiction, investigative journalism
- Notable works
- Nickel and Dimed
- Spouse
- John Ehrenreich ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1966 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 ) Gary Stevenson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1993 )
- Children
- Rosa Brooks Ben Ehrenreich
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Official website
Barbara Ehrenreich – Home | Hachette Book Group
Barbara Ehrenreich is an essayist, political activist and the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Bright-Sided, Living with a Wild God, Natural Causes, and Had I Known
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barbara
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Butte
- Place of death
- Alexandria
- Occupation
- feminist
- Educated at
- The Rockefeller University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- barbaraehrenreich.com
- Image
- Barbara Ehrenreich 2 by David Shankbone.jpg
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- 1941-08-26
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- member of
- Democratic Socialists of America
- date of death
- 2022-09-01
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stroke
- birth name
- Barbara Alexander
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Encyclopedic overview
Barbara Ehrenreich (/ˈɛərənraɪk/, AIR-ən-rike; née Alexander; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist and the author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. She was a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and the Erasmus Prize.
Early life
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