Social Security Act, History & Facts

Social Security Act, U.S. legislation establishing a permanent national old-age pension system through employer and employee contributions; the system was later extended to include dependents, the disabled, and other groups. Congress enacted the Social Security Act in 1935, during the Great Depression.
Social Security Act, U.S. legislation establishing a permanent national old-age pension system through employer and employee contributions; the system was later extended to include dependents, the disabled, and other groups. Congress enacted the Social Security Act in 1935, during the Great Depression.

GRAY MATTERS: Social Security's Diamond Jubilee - TIME GOES BY

Here's How the Great Depression Brought on Social Security

disability history museum--The 1960 Amendments To The Social Security Law

File:Rep. Joshua Twing Brooks (D-PA) in 1935 at the Signing Of The Social Security Act (cropped).jpg - Wikipedia

The Social Security Act Turns Eighty Today: A Wolfsonian-FIU Library Reflection

How Our Social Security System Unfolded: It's Quite a Story - Council on Aging of Central Oregon

Area played big role in Social Security's history

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Timeline of Key Events in the History of Social Security

History South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department, SC

Title 2 of the social security act