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Social Security Turns 90 This Week: Frances Perkins’ Enduring Legacy
This Thursday, August 14, is the 90th anniversary of Social Security becoming a cornerstone of economic stability for millions of American families. On that date in 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the landmark law creating an innovative program to protect senior citizens, widows, and dependent children from what he called “the hazards and vicissitudes of
August 12, 2025