THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Barbara Ehrenreich
August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022
“As a journalist, I search for the truth. But as a moral person, I am also obliged to do something about it.”
Award-winning columnist, essayist and author, educator and political activist.
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Photo 1. The 1999 Freethought Heroine Award presented to Barbara Ehrenreich. Photo 2. Pamphlet written by Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich, 1988.
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More About Barbara:
- “Barbara Ehrenreich, ‘myth busting’ writer and activist, dies” September 8, 2022
- “Barbara Ehrenreich revealed the grim side of prosperity,” by Clarence Page, September 6, 2022
- “Honor her memory by fighting like hell,” by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, September 3, 2022
- Barbara Ehrenreich website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Barbara Ehrenreich Papers, 1922-2007; Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 131
- Wikipedia page