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(1941-2022) Journalist, author. Barbara Ehrenreich was born in Butte, Montana, and died in Alexandria, Virginia.

Full Name

Barbara Ehrenreich

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1941

BIRTH

Barbara Ehrenreich was born Barbara Alexander in Butte, Montana, on August 26, 1941.

1968

OTHER

Ms. Ehrenreich received a Ph.D. in cell biology from Rockefeller University in New York in 1968.

1969

LITWORK

Long March, Short Spring: The Student Uprising at Home and Abroad
Monthly Review Press
0853450862 / 978-0853450863
Nonfiction written by Barbara and John H. Ehrenreich.

1970

LITWORK

The American Health Empire: Power, Profits and Politics
Random House Inc. (1971)
0394714539 / 978-0394714530
Nonfiction written by Barbara and John H. Ehrenreich.

1971

OTHER

Ms. Ehrenreich worked in New York City prior to becoming an assistant professor in the Health Sciences Program at the State University of New York in Old Westbury, New York, from 1971 until 1974.

1983

LITWORK

The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment
Anchor Books
0385176147 / 978-0385176149
Nonfiction.

1989

LITWORK

Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class
Pantheon
0394556925 / 978-0394556925
Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed
Pantheon
0394578473 / 978-0394578477
Nonfiction.

1997

LITWORK

Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War
Metropolitan Books
0805050779 / 978-0805050776
Nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Metropolitan Books
0805063889 / 978-0805063882
Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
Metropolitan Books
0805076069 / 978-0641786570
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World
Granta Books (2010)
1847081355 / 978-1847081353
Nonfiction.

2014

LITWORK

Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Grand Central Publishing
145550176X / 978-1455501762
Memoir.

2022

DEATH

Barbara Ehrenreich died at a hospice facility in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 1, 2022.

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