Annelise Orleck

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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.

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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]

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  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.
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