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‘Maid’ Pulls Back the Curtain on Life in Low-Wage America

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:52:28
Publish Date: 2019-02-15 12:00:00
Description:

Stephanie Land struggled to make ends meet while working as a maid for $9 per hour. In her new memoir, “Maid,” she writes about the physically taxing labor and the difficulties she faced as a single mother living in poverty, including domestic violence and challenges with public assistance. We’ll talk with Land about her experiences as a maid and the grim reality faced by many of America’s working poor.

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