Jad Adams
Who Do You Think You Are? - Episode 30 - Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act
Unabridged
13 minutes
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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.
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