Coronation The Queen

Slate Presents: One Year by Slate Podcasts

Jun 4, 201922:10Society & Culture

Linda Taylor became the “welfare queen” in 1974 when the Chicago Tribune publicized her outrageous exploits. The reporter who introduced her to the world was a Pulitzer Prize winner named George Bliss. He stumbled into t...

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