About the Author


Barbara Ehrenreich has a Ph.D. in biology and is an essayist, a best selling author, a feminist, and a commentator on the American way of life. She is a frequent contributor to Time, Harper’s Magazine, The New Republic, and The Nation. She resides in Key West, Florida. The titles of her books include:

1. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream.
2. For Her Own Good. Two Centuries of Expert’s Advice to Women
3. Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy
4. Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passion of War
5. Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness
6. Hearts of Men: American Dreamers and the Flight from Commitment
7. Kipper’s Game
8. Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex
9. Snarling Citizen
10. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers