Barbara Ehrenreich Biography and latest books by Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich is an American writer, a feminist and political activist. Some of her writings include The Uptake, Storage, and Intracellular Hydrolysis of Carbohydrates by Macrophage, Long March, Short Spring: The Student Uprising at Home and Abroad (with John Ehrenreich), The American Health Empire: Power, Profits, and Politics, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers, Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness, For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts\' Advice to Women, Women in the Global Factory, Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex, The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment, The Mean Season, Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class, The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed, The Snarling Citizen: Essays, Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy, This Land Is Their Land: Reports From a Divided Nation, and Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (titled Smile Or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World in the UK).

Barbara Ehrenreich was born as Barbara Alexander in Montana. She attended Reed College where she studied Chemistry and she completed a PhD in Cellular Immunology from Rockefeller University. She currently lives in Florida.