![]() Even with the tips she barely made the minimum wage. Ehrenreich discovered that because she was white she was always considered for waitressing jobs instead.Īs a waitress, she earned $2.43 an hour, plus tips. She applied for jobs as a cleaning woman in the many hotels in the area. FloridaĮhrenreich first worked in Key West, Florida in the service industry. ![]() ![]() This book entails what happened to her while she was doing this during 1998-2000. She wanted to see if she could actually make a living at jobs that barely pay the minimum wage. in Biology but went undercover as a low-wage worker in three very different parts of America: Florida, Maine, and Minnesota. Nickel And Dimed Showed A Different Americaīarbara Ehrenreich’s non-fiction book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America has become a classic of undercover investigative reporting.Įhrenreich has a Ph.D. ![]() Nickel And Dimed Showed A Different America. ![]()
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