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Dec 19, 2013 · Linda Taylor, the haughty thief who drove her Cadillac to the public aid office, was the embodiment of a pernicious stereotype. With her story, Reagan marked millions of America’s poorest...
May 21, 2019 · She was stereotyped as ‘the welfare queen.’. The truth was more disturbing, a new book says. By Gillian Brockell. May 21, 2019 at 12:01 p.m. EDT. Holding her hat against the wind, Linda...
May 20, 2019 · In his new book, “The Queen,” Josh Levin reveals that Linda Taylor was a scammer of epic proportions, a kidnapper and possibly even a murderer.
Jun 10, 2019 · A Chicago Tribune story by George Bliss calls Linda Taylor the “welfare queen” on Oct. 12, 1974. By the mid-’70s — just as Taylor was becoming Exhibit A of the undeserving poor — more women...
Jul 2, 2019 · July 2, 2019. The Myth of the Welfare Queen. The right turned Linda Taylor into a bogeyman. But her real life was much more complicated. Bettmann/Getty. “No one’s life lends itself to...
Jun 5, 2019 · June 5, 201912:01 AM ET. 31-Minute Listen. Playlist. It's a pernicious stereotype, but it was coined in reference to a real woman named Linda Taylor. But her misdeeds were far more numerous and...
May 17, 2019 · While the welfare queen stereotype endured, Linda Taylor herself has been totally forgotten. At the height of her infamy in the mid-1970s, Taylor wasn’t just depicted as a brazen thief. She...
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