Baseball player Dorothy Kamenshek played for the Rockford Illinois Peaches between 1943 and 1953. Team name sound familiar? The adventures of Kamenshek and her teammates inspired the film A League of Their Own
On July 1, 1966 (the start of Medicare enrollments) SSA Commissioner Bob Ball holds a press conference to announce SSA’s plans for implementing Medicare.
How can you not like vintage photographs like this? Especially when they represent a monumental moment in history.
President Johnson flips through the pages of the bill as former President Truman displays the signing pens
A great vintage poster! Really liking the typeface as well.
From the series: Black and White Photograph Files, compiled 1965 - 1991. Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903 - 2006
Preparing to go to the Moon…Just Another Day at the Office
A little bit of history for this morning!
As we celebrate Women’s History Month in March, we salute Frances Perkins. She was one of our nation’s strongest voices in support of America’s workers and programs like Social Security designed to provide economic security for American families.
Read more about Frances Perkins here or click the graphic above.
Did you know?
More Social Security history here.
Congresswoman Marion Martin was the first woman to head the Department of Labor & Industry. She was elected to the House of Representatives (ME) in 1930 and went on to the Senate in 1934. Martin worked towards improving minimum wage, industrial safety, and child labor laws. She was born on this day in 1900. #HappyBirthday
Today is the first day of African American History Month. We wanted to share these three facts on why Social Security is vital to African Americans.
“Each February, we are reminded of our country’s greatest African American leaders with the celebration of Black History Month. Black
History Month provides us an opportunity not only to reflect on those
who advocate on behalf of the African American community, but also to
examine the critical concerns and issues facing African Americans today.
Even with all of the progress made over the past half-century, African
Americans still represent a disproportionate share of our nation’s poor.” - Congresswoman Gwen Moore.
March is Women’s History Month and here is a GREAT resource for information, National Women’s History Museum.
