Barbara Ehrenreich, the political activist and author best known for her book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” has died. She was 81 years old.
According to The New York Times, Ehrenreich died of a stroke on Thursday at a hospice facility in Alexandria, Virginia, where she also lived.
Ehrenreich’s book, “Nickel and Dimed,” was a a memoir, telling audiences about three months of her life undercover, which she spent surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. Ehrenreich’s reporting on her experiences was so powerful that the book became a best seller and a staple of social justice literature.
“Many people praised me for my bravery for having done this, to which I could only say: Millions of people do this kind of work every day for their entire lives — haven’t you noticed them?” she said while accepting the Erasmus Prize for her work in...
According to The New York Times, Ehrenreich died of a stroke on Thursday at a hospice facility in Alexandria, Virginia, where she also lived.
Ehrenreich’s book, “Nickel and Dimed,” was a a memoir, telling audiences about three months of her life undercover, which she spent surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. Ehrenreich’s reporting on her experiences was so powerful that the book became a best seller and a staple of social justice literature.
“Many people praised me for my bravery for having done this, to which I could only say: Millions of people do this kind of work every day for their entire lives — haven’t you noticed them?” she said while accepting the Erasmus Prize for her work in...
- 9/2/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
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