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Missouri History Today August 14, 1935: Social Security Benefits Extend To Missourians

by Missouri Life

On this date in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. It continues to provide income for retired Missourians and other Americans.

Photo credit: Franklin D. Roosevelt. United States Washington D.C. District of Columbia Washington D.C, 1920. April 9. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016827746/.