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Author_Jennifer Johnson
Baltimore City
Baltimore City Public School
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Counter Girl
Dental Technician
Distressing Job
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Family Day Care Providers
FMLA
gendered labor markets
Good Life
Grocery Store Cashiers
Home Day Care Providers
Home Health Aides
Home Town
labor sociology
Lower Middle Class Neighborhood
Major Depression
Major Western Industrialized Country
Median Annual Wage
occupational segregation
Personnel Supply Services
Physical Therapy Assistants
qualitative case studies
Regular High School
Roland Park
social stratification research
socioeconomic mobility
Unpaid Caring Work
Women's Job Satisfaction
Working Class Women
working-class women's lived experiences
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415928014
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 09 Aug 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 2002. Jennifer Johnson profiles the real-life stories of more than sixty 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 our society. 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. This compassionately told book offers a captivating and emotional study of the difference class makes in women's lives, as well as the problems, restrictions, and rewards common to all women.
Jennifer Johnson is a Research Scientist in the Department of Sociology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She is the Co-Principal Investigator of a two-year research project funded by the National Science Foundation.
