Allotment Annie
An Allotment Annie was a special type of US war bride, that marries a soldier just for the pay allocated (or allotted - hence the name) by the government to wives of servicemen. Some of them married several soldiers at the same time to get more pay. Elvira Taylor was a notorious Allotment Annie during World War II who was discovered to have married six sailors at the same time. She was discovered due to fight of two of her husbands had when they learned that they were married to the same girl.
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Allotment Annie
An Allotment Annie was a special type of US war bride, that marries a soldier just for the pay allocated (or allotted - hence the name) by the government to wives of servicemen. Some of them married several soldiers at the same time to get more pay. Elvira Taylor was a notorious Allotment Annie during World War II who was discovered to have married six sailors at the same time. She was discovered due to fight of two of her husbands had when they learned that they were married to the same girl.
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