>> until "alice" there hadn't been a single mother in a low-income job. >> now, i know this is asking a lot, but i need ten bucks a week extra to pay for tommy's braces. >> you know the refrigerator's on the blink and i've got to come up with $800 just to replace it. >> fighting for health care. fighting for benefits. >> the refrigerator comes first! because if i close down, you're going to be out of work. and if you're out of work, you can't buy food. in which case tommy doesn't need teeth anyway. >> there's a particular episode where mel decides he wants to hire a guy to be a waiter. >> mel is paying him $2.50 an hour. >> we only get $2.35. don't we? >> well, that makes me good and damn mad! >> and alice wanted to be right, and she wanted to be strong, and she wanted to be the leader. >> we work here. we do the same work. >> oh, don't give me that women's lib junk. >> junk.