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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]
Based in Los Angeles, California [4] and with operations in four Ugandan districts: Kabale, Rukungiri, Kisoro and Kanungu, UAOCF was formed in 2004 in response to the far-reaching repercussions of the AIDS epidemic. The Sub-Saharan African nation has more than 2.3 million children orphaned due to AIDS-related deaths.
Eleven states had two or more state veterans homes in operation at the same time (two of which also had a federal home). Some states simply had several homes at once. A few states admitted veterans' widows, and a few other states established separate homes for the widows and orphans. A few states had separate Union and Confederate old soldiers ...
As the neighborhood gentrifies and Chinese residents grow older and fewer, the clubs remain a vital social glue.
Walter Lindley (1852–1922) was a medical doctor in Los Angeles, California, who was known for his charitable and civic works and for founding or overseeing the development of early medical and educational institutions in Southern California.
Black widows, once L.A.’s ruling widow, have been pushed out of the urban core by the brown widow over the last 15 years or so, according to Gonzalez. Native black widows are still doing well on ...
A. Academy for New Musical Theatre; Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films; Act One, Inc. Adelson Foundations; The Aerospace Corporation
The Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home was formed in 1867 due to a discussion on November 23, 1866, pondering what to do with the number of widows and orphans of Masons caused by the American Civil War; the 1867 founding makes Kentucky's Masonic Widows and Orphans Home the oldest Masonic home in North America. It started when a group of ...