Frances Perkins: "Social Insurance for U.S." Radio Address - Milestone Documents

Frances Perkins: “Social Insurance for U.S.” Radio Address

( 1935 ) Commentary by Karen Linkletter, California State University, Fullerton

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annuities annual payments on money invested
homogeneous composed of parts that are alike—here referring to the fact that European countries at that time were not as ethnically diverse as the United States
Lloyd George David Lloyd George, British statesman and prime minister (1916–1922)

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Franklin Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act, with Frances Perkins standing behind him (Library of Congress)

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