The History of Social Security

This site contains one of the largest and most extensive collections of history-related materials in the federal government. We present here both the institutional history of the Social Security Administration and the history of the Social Security program itself.

President Roosevelt signing Social Security Act--August 14, 1935 This Month in History Important events on this month in Social Security history. . . Full text of 1939 Amendments Papers from 1996 academic conference on the 30th anniversary of the implementation of Medicare

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