Betty Jo Rex said she earned $1 an hour as a teenager working in the tobacco fields of North Carolina and only slightly more as a teacher's aide in Virginia. When she moved on to Flint, Mich., in search of better pay, she spent years pasting together a living by cooking at a hospital, cleaning... -
Her 'Cinderella Story'
Betty Jo Rex said she earned $1 an hour as a teenager working in the tobacco fields of North Carolina and only slightly more as a teacher's aide in Virginia. When she moved on to Flint, Mich., in search of better pay, she spent years pasting together a living by cooking at a hospital, cleaning...-
By Amy Joyce