George William Bliss

George Bliss (July 21, 1918 - Sept. 11, 1978) was an American journalist.[1] He won a 1962 Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism for the Chicago Tribune and was associated with two others:

  • 1962: corruption at the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.[2]
  • 1973: For uncovering flagrant violations of voting procedures in the primary election of March 21, 1972[3]
  • 1976: waste and fraud at mortgage firms related to Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance [4]

In a 1974 article about Linda Taylor, a notorious con artist, Bliss apparently coined the term welfare queen.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "George Bliss". Bliss Family in America. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  2. ↑ "The Pulitzer Prize Award Winners 1962". The Pulitzer Board. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  3. ↑ "The Pulitzer Prize Award Winners 1973". The Pulitzer Board. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  4. ↑ Josh Levin (2013-12-23). "The Welfare Queen". The Pulitzer Prizes.
  5. ↑ Josh Levin (2013-12-23). "The Welfare Queen". Slate.


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