Annelise Orleck

Annelise Orleck is Professor of History at Dartmouth College.

Annelise Orleck is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is the author of four books on the history of US women, politics, immigration and activism. Most recent among them are Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty (2005) and Rethinking American Women's Activism (2014). She is also co-editor of The War on Poverty, 1964-1980: A New Grassroots History (2011) and The Politics of Motherhood; Activist Voices from Left to Right (1997)

These two women are taking on Wal-Mart

The women who are taking on Wal-Mart

“Even when I was working,” the former Wal-Mart employee says, “I couldn’t afford to pay for my apartment. When my son got hurt and couldn’t work any more, I was evicted. There were three homeless workers at my Wal-Mart.”

The women who are taking on Wal-Mart