In the 1970s, a pair of very different men fought to define Linda Taylor\u2019s image. For presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, Taylor epitomized the brokenness of the federal bureaucracy and the broader trend of poor people getting rich off the public dime. Taylor\u2019s defense lawyer, the civil rights attorney R. Eugene Pincham, believed she was a scapegoat, and that her actions were crimes of survival.\nThis podcast is based on Josh Levin\u2019s new book, The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices