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Myth of the welfare queen
a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist's portrait of women on the line
By Zucchino, David
- ISBN
- 978-0-68481-914-3
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner, c1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1997
In North Philadelphia, Odessa Williams, a great-grandmother, picks through trash to furnish her home and clothe her grandchildren. She also goes fishing to provide extra food and charges people for rides to and from the welfare office and supermarket to supplement her meager income. Cheri Honkala and others set up tent cities, take ov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
