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Women and Social Security

An Applied History Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Gail Buchwalter King
Gail Buchwalter King*
Affiliation:
Carnegie-Mellon University
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Recent statistics indicate that 72% of the elderly poor are widowed, divorced, or never-married women. The fact that many of these women are left destitute in their old age can be looked at from several perspectives. My particular interest is in how Social Security policy contributes to the potential poverty of women. The area of investigation is that of dependency—the designated category through which most women collect Social Security benefits.

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Social Science History , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , Spring 1982 , pp. 227 - 232
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1982 

References

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