Nevada and Montana Introduce the Old-Age Pension
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics
- Subcategories: Laws, Acts, Legislation, Human Rights, Aging, Elderly, Old Age
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Nevada, Montana
- Date: March 5, 1923
Article abstract: The United States trailed far behind the rest of the industrial world in providing relief for older citizens until Nevada and Montana approved old-age pensions in 1923.
Summary of Event
At the same hour and on the same day, March 5, 1923, Montana governor Joseph M. Dixon and Nevada governor James C. Scrugham signed the first old-age pension legislation in the United States. The issue of providing a pension for America’s older population had become prominent in the years after World War I. Proponents of old-age pensions, propelled to a...
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