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Barbara Ehrenreich (born August 26 , 1941 , in Butte, Montana ) is a social critic and essayist. Her book '' Nickel And Dimed '' ( 2001 ) described her attempt to live on low-wage jobs and became a national bestseller in the United States , selling over 1 million copies; her companion book, '' Bait And Switch '', was released in September 2005 and discusses her attempt to find a White-collar job. She is a prolific journalist who peppers her writing with a sardonic sense of Humor . Born Barbara Alexander to Isabelle Isely, her father was a copper miner who went on to study at . She met her first husband, John Ehrenreich, doing Anti-war Activism in New York City . In 1970, she gave birth to a daughter, Rosa, and later had a son, Ben. She divorced Ehrenreich and in 1983 married Gary Stevenson, who was then working as a warehouse employee. From 1991 to 1997 , she was a regular columnist for '' Time '' magazine. Currently, Ehrenreich is a regular columnist with '' The Progressive ''. Ehrenreich has also written for the '' New York Times '', '' Mother Jones '', '' The Atlantic Monthly '', '' Ms '', '' The New Republic '', '' Z Magazine '', '' In These Times '', Salon.com , and other publications. In 1998 and 2000, she taught Essay Writing at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University Of California, Berkeley . In 2004 , she wrote a guest column for one month for the '' New York Times '' while regular columnist Thomas Friedman was on leave writing a book. She is an Atheist and the vice chair of the Democratic Socialists Of America . BOOKS Non-fiction
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