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S4: Roaring 20s: “Queenie” Pt. 1: Stephanie St. Clair

Parcast Presents
Parcast Presents
Episode • Jan 24, 2020 • 42m
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When she was just a teenager, Stephanie St. Clair immigrated to the United States from the French West Indies without a penny to her name. By the 1920s, with $10,000 mysteriously in her hand, she opened up her own numbers racket and became one of the most successful racketeers in Harlem.
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