The First Social Security Beneficiary Got Her Check 85 Years Ago
Ida Mae Fuller in 1940 The following article is reprinted from the Social Security Administration (SSA) website www.ssa.gov The
The Connection Between Social Security and Black History Month
On the surface, Social Security may not seem to be a relevant topic for Black History Month. But it is. Social Security has helped provide Americans with basic financial security for generations of retirees, the disabled and their families. It has been especially beneficial to Black Americans – whose average earnings and retirement savings are lower than their white counterparts’.
A Higher Minimum Wage Would Boost Women in Retirement
We asked NCPSSM senior policy analyst Maria Freese, an expert in women’s retirement issues, why a higher minimum wage is so crucial for women in the long run.
Equal Pay Day Brings Home Long-term Costs of Pay Inequality
National Equal Pay Day 2019 reminds us that gender pay equity is crucial not only for social justice, but for women’s retirement security.
The Best Mother’s Day Gift of All: Retirement Security
Let's add something to the gift list for mom this Mother's Day along with flowers and candy: financial security in retirement. Our nation's mothers – indeed, all American women – are at greater risk of financial insecurity in their senior years than fathers (and other men). For myriad reasons, the women in our lives are less able to save for retirement than men, and their Social Security benefits are typically lower.
America’s Gender Pay Gap Lasts a Lifetime
We've written a lot about how pay inequity has hurt generations of working women, not just while they're on the job, but lasting throughout their retirement. The economic challenges facing American women in retirement is the heart of our “Eleanor's Hope” project, designed to raise awareness and advocate for legislation to address the inequities threatening millions of retired women.
The Retirement Challenge Threatening Our Mothers
Money posed an interesting question today in advance of Mother's Day weekend... What's better than flowers for mom? A fatter 401(k).
Unequal Pay’s Lasting Legacy: Lost Income from Your 1st day at Work until the Day You Die
Max Richtman, NCPSSM President/CEO It's certainly not news that American women continue to earn less than men for the same work,
Women on 20s and the Social Security Connection
A woman's place is on the money” is the catchy tagline of a growing national movement to put an American woman trail blazer on the $20 bill. It's pretty fitting timing given that it's Women's History month and a long overdue improvement if you consider that the Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea dollars (when's the last time you used one of those?) are the only places women are represented on our currency.
NCPSSM Urges Senate to End Inequity Facing Older Women
NCPSSM Board Chair, Catherine Dodd, testified before the Senate Finance Committee today on the retirement challenges facing America's women and the National Committee's Eleanor's Hope initiative to improve Social Security benefits