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Barbara Ehrenreich

1941 - 2022

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Barbara Ehrenreich (, AIR-ən-rike; née Alexander; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist and the author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Ehrenreich is the 5,176th most popular writer (up from 5,575th in 2019), the 7,976th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,340th in 2019) and the 596th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Barbara Ehrenreich ranks 5,176 out of 7,302. Before her are Bob Shaw, Louis L'Amour, Mats Wahl, Wilhelm Geiger, Albert Londres, and Valerian Pidmohylny. After her are Willem Bilderdijk, Tomás António Gonzaga, Miho Mosulishvili, Henri Bosco, Jakob van Hoddis, and Antoni Lange.

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Among people born in 1941, Barbara Ehrenreich ranks 469. Before her are Stavros Dimas, Nicolae Neagoe, John Thomas, Vikki Carr, Juliet Mills, and José Ufarte. After her are Neil Aspinall, Wolfgang Blochwitz, Aminata Sow Fall, Gianfranco Terenzi, Boris Gaganelov, and Zalman King. Among people deceased in 2022, Barbara Ehrenreich ranks 425. Before her are Wolf Erlbruch, Orlando de la Torre, Bill Nieder, Dagny Carlsson, Jan Nowicki, and Manuel Duarte. After her are Emilio Trivini, Orrin Hatch, Yves Coppens, Barbara Thompson, Remco Campert, and Jesús del Muro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Ehrenreich ranks 7,978 out of 20,380. Before her are Herman Glass (1880), Roger Clark (1978), Lawrence Weiner (1942), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Louis L'Amour (1908), and Frank Churchill (1901). After her are Orrin Hatch (1934), David Diamond (1915), Debra Monk (1949), Jaye Davidson (1968), Kathy Najimy (1957), and Henry M. Leland (1843).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Barbara Ehrenreich ranks 596. Before her are Stephen Hunter (1946), David Crane (1957), Jacqueline Susann (1918), Nancy Kress (1948), Rick Warren (1954), and Louis L'Amour (1908). After her are Cordwainer Smith (1913), Charlaine Harris (1951), Tabitha King (1949), Helene Hanff (1916), Alan Dean Foster (1946), and Bart D. Ehrman (1955).

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