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Elizabeth Wickenden
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Quarter-length studio portrait of Professor Elizabeth Wickenden, professor of urban studies and technical consultant on public social policy to the National Assembly for Social Policy and Development. She played a leading role in the Study Group on Social Security and the Save Our Security coalition.
1960
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Elizabeth Wickenden with Arthur Altmeyer
circa 1960-1969
Elizabeth Wickenden, standing to the left of Arthur Altmeyer, was a social welfare and Social Security policy consultant, analyst, and writer, and professor of public policy and urban studies. Two ...
Arthur J. Altmeyer with Sir William Beveridge
June 5, 1943
From left to right: Sir William Beveridge, author of the British "Cradle to the Grave" social security plan, and Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social Security Board.
Elizabeth Blair Comstock
circa 1860-1869
Hand-colored head and shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Comtock, who is wearing a blue heart pendant.
Social Security Anniversary
August 14, 1968
View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebration of "a third of a century" of the social...
Portrait of Nelson Cruickshank
November 5, 1969
Formal portrait of Nelson Cruickshank. In 1969, he became President of the AFL-CIO National Council of Senior Citizens, which began as a coalition Nelson Cruikshank formed in 1961.Nelson Cruikshank...
Arthur M. Altmeyer
Formal portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as Chairman of the Social Security Board.
