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Who Do You Think You Are? Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act
Episode 29
Author: Jad Adams
Series: Who Do You Think You Are
Narrator: Chetan Pathak
Unabridged: 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Immediate Media
Published: 08/24/2016
Category: Family & Relationships
Synopsis
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.