Barbara Ehrenreich (, AIR-ən-rike; 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 author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was perhaps best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America; a memoir of Ehrenreich's three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum wage jobs. She was a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award.
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26 August 1941 Butte, Montana
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1 September 2022 (aged 81)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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