She also co-wrote a book on student activism, “Long March, Short Spring,” with her then-husband, John Ehrenreich. Starting in the 1970s, she worked as a teacher and researchers and became increasingly active in the feminist movement, from writing pamphlets to appearing at conferences around the country. She was born Barbara Alexander in Butte, Montana, and raised in a household of union supporters, where family rules included “never cross a picket line and never vote Republican.” She studied physics as an undergraduate at Reed College, and received a PhD in immunology at Rockefeller University.
"She was never much for thoughts and prayers, but you can honor her memory by loving one another, and by fighting like hell." "She was, she made clear, ready to go," Ben Ehrenreich tweeted Friday. NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Ehrenreich, the muckraking author, activist and journalist who in such notable works as "Nickel and Dimed" and "Bait and Switch" challenged conventional thinking about class, religion and the very idea of an American dream, has died at age 81.Įhrenreich died Thursday morning in Alexandria, Virginia, according to her son, the author and journalist Ben Ehrenreich. Watch Video: Banned books: What a new wave of restrictions could mean for students
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