ITEM OVERVIEW
Johnson profiles the real-life stories of more than 60 women who have no college education, are married with kids, and earn an average of $16,000 per year, giving us an important window into a large, poorly understood segment of society. This is the lot of most working class women, earning minimum wage, scrambling to pay the bills, living from paycheck to paycheck, worrying about how to put food on the table. Many have not graduated high school, let alone college. They are married to working class men and live with their kids in poor, working-class neighborhoods—very often the same neighborhoods they grew up in and will likely never leave. Through the words of these women, Johnson captures the essence of women's working-class experience: from job stagnation, low self-esteem, and social isolation to camaraderie among coworkers, loyalty to one's roots, and even pride in a job well done.
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