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  2. Category:Widowhood in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Theophilus T. Conrad House-Rose Anna Hughes Presbyterian Widows Home; W. Widowed Persons Service This page was last edited on 4 September 2020, at 15:24 (UTC). ...

  3. Mothers' pensions - Wikipedia

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    Mothers' pensions were long-term cash provisions to impoverished single mothers. [3] Payments were generally inadequate to cover living expenses. [4] Nearly every state had a maximum allowable allowance ranging from 9 dollars to 15 dollars per month (approximately $120 to $275 in 2021 dollars) for the first child and 4 dollars to 10 dollars for any additional children. [5]

  4. Lynn Caine - Wikipedia

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    Lynn Caine (1924–1987) was an American author and publishing agent at Little, Brown and Company from 1967 to 1976. [1] She is best known for her best-selling book "Widow", published on May 29, 1974, [2] about her experiences after the death from cancer of her husband Martin Caine in 1971.

  5. Book Review: The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows

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    Marriage number three was brief, as it appears to have been a disguised attempt to make Edmond Safra jealous. In 1976, Lily succeeded in getting Safra, a life-long bachelor, to the altar.

  6. The 'widowhood effect': How losing a spouse can affect your ...

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    After analyzing nearly 100 blood panels of widows and widowers, the researchers found that the bereaved with elevated grief symptoms showed 17% higher levels of bodily inflammation — while those ...

  7. History of Social Security in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Act was an attempt to limit what were seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children. By signing this Act on August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt became the first president to advocate federal assistance for the elderly. [3]

  8. Margaret Haughery - Wikipedia

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    Ace Books 1985; Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans, 1817–1905; Neihaus, Earl F. The Irish in New Orleans, 1800–1860 (The Irish Americans). Arno Press 1976; Gaust, Edwin S. and Noll, Mark A. Documentary History of Religion in America since 1877. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 3rd ed. 2003; A. C. G. Margaret Haughery. Demorest 1885 ...

  9. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All - Wikipedia

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    Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All is a 1989 first novel by Allan Gurganus [1] which was on the New York Times Best Seller list for eight months. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters , [ 2 ] was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and sold over four million copies.