Who Do You Think You Are? - Episode 30 - Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act

Jad Adams

Unabridged

13 minutes

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From the publisher

In 1908, for the first time, the state made an agreement to pay a pension to the industrious, elderly poor - both men and women - without contributions. They simply had to have lived to the age of 70.