Happy 80th Birthday, Social Security!
Can You Pass Our Social Security Quiz?
For 80 years, Social Security has been our nation’s most successful anti-poverty program. Yet few people realize the crucial role that the program plays for women. Test your knowledge! Guess whether each statement below is true or false, and then read our blog to learn the facts.
- Nearly 60 percent of people receiving Social Security benefits are women.
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Social Security is especially critical to women because of the gender pay gap.
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The program supports millions of older women — more than half of whom would fall into poverty without it.
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Although Social Security needs reform, the program isn’t broken beyond repair.
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On Father’s Day, we at AAUW celebrate the many things fathers do to help their daughters achieve. But we can’t help but also remember how gender stereotypes about parenthood make things harder for working families — and how bias affects different men and women differently if they have children.
But we can’t help but also remember how gender stereotypes about parenthood make things harder for working families — and how bias affects different men and women differently if they have children.
Happy Father’s Day. Here’s to fighting to ensure that our workplace policies provide ALL families with the chance to succeed!