The decision to exclude agricultural and domestic workers from the 1935 Social Security Act

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 49-68

  DeWitt, Larry ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

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AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MANPOWER; POLITICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGRICULTURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78650784218     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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