Education
A graduate of Reed College (Bachelor, 1964) and the University of California, Los Angeles (Master of Arts, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, 1979), she spent four years as a telephone installation technician worker in the 1970s.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Johanna Brenner
Edit ProfileCareer
In 1981 she began teaching in the sociology department at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, where she served from 1982 to 2005 as coordinator of its women"s studies program She is now emeritus professor Brenner has contributed to New Left Review, Monthly Review, and other periodicals.
In 1993 she worked with Catherine Sameh and Kathryn Tetrick to open In Other Words Women"s Books and Resources.
Mike Davis has said, "Johanna Brenner writes with a clarity of purpose that arises out of a lifetime of participation in the struggles of working-class women.".
Politics
"The best of times, the worst of times: United States feminism today". Women and the politics of class. Monthly Review Press.
-
Born
-
Died
1979 (aged 15) -
Nationality
United States