Revisiting Miss Gold-Digger
January, 2009
HOW OUR VIEWS OF ALIMONY HAVE CHANGED SINCE 1953Fifty-five years ago Miss Gold-Digger of 1953 appeared in the first issue of playboy. That article, written by Burt Zollo under the nom de plume Bob Norman, has proved to be quite influential. Zollo wrote that there was once a time when alimony was paid only by gullible "millionaire playboys" who fell for "floosies." But by 1953 average joes toowere expected to pay, pay and pay—at least according to Zollo. Alimony had been demo...
