Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich
Ehrenreich in 2006
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
Spouse	John Ehrenreich ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1977)​ Gary Stevenson ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 1993)​
Children	Rosa Brooks Ben Ehrenreich
Website
barbaraehrenreich.com

Barbara Ehrenreich (/ˈɛərənraɪk/, AIR-ən-rike;^[1] 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.