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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|Clara Lemlich Shavelson]], and [[Pauline Newman (labor activist)|Pauline Newman]]. Her book ''Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty'' examined African-American women on [[Welfare|public assistance]] fought for their rights and against negative stereotypes.<ref name=":0" />
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|Clara Lemlich Shavelson]], and [[Pauline Newman (labor activist)|Pauline Newman]]. Her book ''Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty'' examined African-American women on [[Welfare|public assistance]] fought for their rights and against negative stereotypes.<ref name=":0" />


During the [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses]], riot police arrested 90 people at Dartmouth College, including Orleck. Orleck was banned from Dartmouth as a condition of bail, but Dartmouth announced it would request this restriction be removed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=College clarifies stance on professor Annelise Orleck’s arrest |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/college-clarifies-stance-on-professor-annelise-orlecks-arrest |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=College clarifies stance on professor Annelise Orleck’s arrest - The Dartmouth |language=en-US}}</ref>
During the [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses]], riot police arrested 90 people at Dartmouth College, including Orleck. Orleck was assaulted by police, dragged to the ground, and arrested.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Campus encampments live updates: Protests yield mass arrests |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/campus-encampments-live-updates-police-start-taking-students-away |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Campus encampments live updates: Protests yield mass arrests - The Dartmouth |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ketschke |first=Ross |date=2024-05-02 |title=Dozens of people arrested at pro-Palestine protest at Dartmouth College |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/dartmouth-college-pro-palestine-camp-new-hampshire/60657838 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=WMUR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lapin |first=Andrew |date=2024-05-02 |title=Former Dartmouth Jewish studies chair thrown to the ground by police as 90 protesters are arrested |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/05/02/united-states/90-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-at-dartmouth-college-that-drew-rare-kudos-for-its-oct-7-response |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref> Orleck was banned from Dartmouth as a condition of bail, but Dartmouth announced it would request this restriction be removed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=College clarifies stance on professor Annelise Orleck’s arrest |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/college-clarifies-stance-on-professor-annelise-orlecks-arrest |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=College clarifies stance on professor Annelise Orleck’s arrest - The Dartmouth |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==

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Annelise Orleck
BornJanuary 22, 1959 Edit this on Wikidata
Brooklyn Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationHistorian, university teacher, sociologist Edit this on Wikidata

Annelise Orleck (January 22, 1959 – ) is an American historian

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 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. Orleck was assaulted by police, dragged to the ground, and arrested.[3][4][5] Orleck was banned from Dartmouth as a condition of bail, but Dartmouth announced it would request this restriction be removed.[6]

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[7]
  • Rethinking American Women's Activism, 2015.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annelise Orleck." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2007. Gale In Context: Biography.
  2. ^ Zeranski '02, Lauren. "PROFILE: Annelise Orleck | Dartmouth Alumni Magazine | Sept/Oct 2005". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2024-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Campus encampments live updates: Protests yield mass arrests". Campus encampments live updates: Protests yield mass arrests - The Dartmouth. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  4. ^ Ketschke, Ross (2024-05-02). "Dozens of people arrested at pro-Palestine protest at Dartmouth College". WMUR. 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". College clarifies stance on professor Annelise Orleck’s arrest - The Dartmouth. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  7. ^ a b "Annelise Orleck." The Writers Directory, St. James Press, 2018. Gale In Context: Biography.