
08/27/2025
Happy birthday, Barbara Ehrenreich (Aug. 26, 1941 - Sept. 1, 2022).
Feminist. Atheist. Socialist. Anti-war activist. Graduate of Reed College (1963). Ph.D. from Rockefeller University (1968).
Author of "Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War" (1997), "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" (2001), "Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America" (2009), and "Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything" (2014), among other works.
Born in Butte, Montana. Died in Alexandria, Virginia. Cremated.
~The Marginal Mennonite Society Heroes Series