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<LI>The “welfare queen”—so dubbed by the Chicago press in 1974—was an attractive 47 year old black woman whom Joel Edelman, the former director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid, described as being “without a doubt, the biggest welfare cheat of all time.” Her name was Linda Taylor. She had three new 1974 cars—a Cadillac, a Lincoln, and a Chevrolet station wagon. She had dozens of false names, used over 30 different addresses, and had 25 phone numbers and three social security cards. She owned three houses that she rented. It was estimated that she received Social Security and welfare checks under as many as 80 names in different states around the country. In one year alone they estimated she received $154,000 in welfare. The authorities were reluctant to prosecute, perhaps because of embarrassment, but she was finally convicted in Chicago on March 17, 1977 of “welfare fraud and perjury” on a few of the charges against her. ''Chicago Tribune'', September 29 (p. 3), 30 (p. 1), October 5 (p. 12), 12 (p. 3), 13 (p. 3), November 14 (p. 4), December 1 (p. 25), 10 (Sec. 2 p. 5); 1974; January 10 (p. 3), March 2 (p. 38), June 26 (pp. 1,19), September 22 (pp. 1, 19), 1975; The New York Times, December 15, 1974, p. 58; February 15 (p. 51), 29 (p. 42), 1976; January 9 (p. 39), March 19 (p. 8), 1977.
<LI>George Bliss

<LI>State Senator Don A. Moore (R). George Bliss, "Walker Hid Aid Fraud: Legislator," ''Chicago Tribune'', January 10, 1975, p. 3.
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<LI>[[wikipedia:Linda_Taylor|Linda Taylor]]
<LI>[[amazon:031651330X|The Queen]] by Josh Levin (2019)
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