Deirdre English (born 1948) is the former editor of Mother Jones and author of numerous articles for national publications and television documentaries.[1] She has taught at the State University of New York[2] and currently teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is a faculty mentor at the Center for the Study of the Working Family at the Graduate School of Sociology. English is co-author, with Barbara Ehrenreich, of For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice along with a number of pamphlets. She contributed essays to Susan Meiselas's photography book Carnival Strippers.[3]
In 1991, her house burned down in the Oakland Hills Fire.[4]
Her mother is Fanita English.[5] She was married to Don Terner, who died in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia.[6]
Works[edit]
- Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre (1971). Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers. Oyster Bay, N.Y.: Glass Mountain Pamphlets. OCLC 756025.
- Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre (1973). Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness. Old Westbury, N.Y.: Feminist Press. OCLC 741018.
- Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre (1978). For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press. OCLC 3893169.
References[edit]
- ^ English, Deirdre; Sheehy, Gail (October 3, 2008). "The Word from Wasilla". Salon.
- ^ "Author attacks housework". The Star-Phoenix. CP. March 23, 1976.
- ^ Meiselas, Susan (2003). Carnival Strippers. Göttingen: Steidl. ISBN 978-3-88243-954-0. OCLC 54817304.
- ^ English, Deirdre (October 10, 2011). "No warning, then a crisis: Outrunning the Firestorm". Berkeleyside. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre (2005). For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women. New York: Anchor Books. Dedication. ISBN 9780307764164. OCLC 858913697.
- ^ Hewitt, Bill; Dodd, Johnny (April 22, 1996). "Man in Motion". People. ISSN 0093-7673. OCLC 794712888. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009.
External links[edit]
- "Deirdre English's faculty page". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. August 10, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- "Deirdre English — speaker bio". Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. March 5, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
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