Barbara Piasecka Johnson

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Maid in Famed Rags-to-Riches Tale Dead at 76

Barbara Piasecka Johnson battled Johnson family over inheritance

(Newser) - It was one of the great American immigrant success stories—a young Polish woman comes to America with shaky English and $200 in her pocket, takes a job as a maid ... and marries her way into a $500 million fortune. But not only did Barbara Piasecka Johnson strike it rich,...

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