Annelise Orleck

Annelise Orleck
Born (1959-01-22) January 22, 1959 (age 65)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Education
Occupation(s)Historian, University Teacher, Sociologist
Notable work
  • Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965
  • Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty
  • Rethinking American Women's Activism

Annelise Orleck (born January 22, 1959) is an American historian and professor at Dartmouth College. Her work primarily focuses on the working class and Jewish-American experience, with notable publications including Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965 and Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty. In 2024, she was involved in pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, leading to her arrest and temporary ban from Dartmouth College.

Life and career

Annelise Orleck was born on January 22, 1959 in Brooklyn, the daughter of Norman and Thelma Orelick. She earned a BA from Evergreen State College in 1979 and a PhD from New York University in 1989.[1] She has taught at Dartmouth College since 1990, where she has chaired both the women's and gender studies department and the Jewish studies department.[2]

Much of her work has focused on the working class and Jewish-American experience. Her first book, Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965, focuses on four Jewish-American women activists, Rose Schneiderman, Fannia Cohn, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, and Pauline Newman. Her book Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty examined how African-American women on public assistance fought for their rights and against negative stereotypes.[1]

During the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, riot police arrested 90 people at Dartmouth College, including Orleck.[3][4][5] Orleck was banned from Dartmouth as a condition of bail, but Dartmouth later announced that it would not enforce the ban.[6] Later that week, her bail conditions were "corrected" to temporarily banning her from only specific sites on campus instead of the entire campus.[7]

Bibliography

  • Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965, University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, NC), 1995.[1]
  • (Editor, with Alexis Jetter and Diana Taylor) The Politics of Motherhood: Activist Voices from Left to Right (essays), University Press of New England (Hanover, NH), 1997.[1]
  • The Soviet Jewish Americans, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1999, reprinted, University Press of New England (Hanover, NH), 2001.[1]
  • Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 2005.[1]
  • (Editor, with L.G. Hazirjian) The War on Poverty: A New Grassroots History, 1964-1980, 2011[8]
  • Rethinking American Women's Activism, 2015.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annelise Orleck." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2007. Gale In Context: Biography.
  2. ^ Zeranski, Lauren (2005). "PROFILE: Annelise Orleck". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  3. ^ "Campus encampments live updates: Protests yield mass arrests". The Dartmouth. May 1, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  4. ^ Ketschke, Ross (2024-05-02). "Dozens of people arrested at pro-Palestine protest at Dartmouth College". WMUR-TV. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  5. ^ Lapin, Andrew (2024-05-02). "Former Dartmouth Jewish studies chair thrown to the ground by police as 90 protesters are arrested". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  6. ^ "College clarifies stance on professor Annelise Orleck's arrest". The Dartmouth. May 2, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  7. ^ "Conditions of Annelise Orleck's bail 'corrected'". Conditions of Annelise Orleck’s bail ‘corrected’ - The Dartmouth. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  8. ^ a b "Annelise Orleck." The Writers Directory, St. James Press, 2018. Gale In Context: Biography.