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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.
Photo 1. The 1999 Freethought Heroine Award presented to Barbara Ehrenreich. Photo 2. Pamphlet written by Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich, 1988.
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