Word: queensborough
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When Mrs. Fannie Jefferies quit her $125-a-week typing job in New York, she decided to begin training as a teacher at Queensborough Community College, and to go on welfare as a needy mother. Three months later, city welfare officials decided that she was not eligible for benefits because her college was not a vocational school. Besides, she could already support herself as a typist. Mrs. Jefferies brought suit, and was joined by three other women in similar circumstances. Federal Judge Charles H. Tenney ruled that "the crucial issue" was whether the federally supported program for needy people included...