Barbara Ehrenreich was born in 1941 in Butte, Montana, USA as Barbara Alexander. She is a producer, known for The American Ruling Class (2005), The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation (2005) and Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005).
[Her assessment of some personal mystical encounters] I've learned since I was seventeen, when these...Show more »
[Her assessment of some personal mystical encounters] I've learned since I was seventeen, when these things happened, all kinds of people have uncanny experiences which they can see as transcendental or unspeakable or whatever, and some of these people are atheists. Show less «
Part of her 2009 commencement speech: You are going to be trying to carve out a career in the worst ...Show more »
Part of her 2009 commencement speech: You are going to be trying to carve out a career in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. You are furthermore going to be trying to do so within what appears to be a dying industry. You have abundant skills and talents; it's just not clear that anyone wants to pay you for them. Well, you are not alone. How do you think it feels to be an autoworker right now? And I've spent time with plenty of laid-off paper mill workers, construction workers and miners. They've got skills; they've got experience. They just don't have jobs. So let me be the first to say this to you: Welcome to the American working class. Show less «
[observation, 2014, on being 73 and on her own] I think I like living alone. I'd be happy to have so...Show more »
[observation, 2014, on being 73 and on her own] I think I like living alone. I'd be happy to have some fella who came over, just as long as he was out of there by 9 p.m. Show less «