![]() In addition to several self-imposed limits which ensured she would have access to a car, $1250 in cash for the first month of living expenses, and an “emergency” credit card (which she never used), Ehrenreich freely admits to having certain characteristics which helped her during her investigation. Ehrenreich spends a month in three different locales – Key West, Florida Portland, Maine and Minneapolis, Minnesota – finding a job (or jobs) and attempting to earn enough money to pay the next months’ rent (2001). Inspired by so-called “welfare reform” which claims that former welfare recipients will be able to rise out of poverty by working low-wage jobs, she sets to work. In Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich decides to investigate how possible it is to survive solely by working at a minimum (or near minimum) wage job. In what ways did these characteristics help to shape her experiences? Using your knowledge of US history and culture how would specific instances in Nickel and Dimed have been altered if someone with different characteristics been involved? ![]() Barbara Ehrenreich was a middle aged, single, liberal, white woman without young children during her investigation which led to Nickel and Dimed. ![]()
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