Ester Reiter | |
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Born | 1941 (age 82–83) Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Education | BA, 1962, History, Brandeis University MA., Sociology, Washington State University PhD., 1985, Sociology, University of Toronto |
Thesis | Out of the frying pan and into the fryer: the organization of work in a fast food outlet (1985) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Memorial University of Newfoundland Queen's University Brock University York University |
Main interests | Women, Sociology, Secular Jewish left in Canada; Immigrant Women; Gender, Race and Ethnicity; Left Politics, the Cold War and the War on Terror; Women and Work |
Ester Reiter (née Koulack; 1941) is an American-Canadian historian and sociologist. She is a Professor Emerita in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at York University. In 2017, her book A Future Without Hate or Need was shortlisted for the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.