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Barbara Ehrenreich

Born

in Butte, Montana, The United States

August 26, 1941

Died

September 01, 2022

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http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/

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Barbara Ehrenreich 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.

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Nickel and Dimed (2011 Version)

On Turning Poverty into an American Crime
By Barbara Ehrenreich

I completed the manuscript for Nickel and Dimed in a time of seemingly boundless prosperity. Technology innovators and venture capitalists were acquiring sudden fortunes, buying up McMansions like the ones I had cleaned in Maine and much larger. Even secretaries in some hi-tech firms were striking it rich with their stock options. Ther

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	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.66 avg rating — 196,777 ratings — published 2001 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America 3.74 avg rating — 10,635 ratings — published 2009 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English 4.02 avg rating — 7,421 ratings — published 1972 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer 3.26 avg rating — 7,778 ratings — published 2018 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream 3.51 avg rating — 4,901 ratings — published 2005 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything 3.37 avg rating — 4,951 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English 3.96 avg rating — 2,519 ratings — published 1976 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy 3.85 avg rating — 1,620 ratings — published 2006 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation 3.58 avg rating — 1,563 ratings — published 2008 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy by Barbara Ehrenreich (Editor), Arlie Russell Hochschild (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 1,288 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Contemporary Classics - The Feminist Press (4 books)
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