Ida May Fuller
By OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86772)
United States
March 26, 2024 10:40am CST
In 1940, Ida May Fuller, became the first person to receive recurring monthly Social Security benefits.
Just a few months prior, the 65-year-old legal secretary had stopped by her local Social Security office in Vermont to learn about how the program worked.
She knew she had paid into Social Security but wasn’t sure if she would get anything back. A clerk at the office helped her apply for retirement benefits. Aunt Ida, as her friends called her, continued to receive Social Security benefits until she died at age 100 in 1975.
*This information can be found on the blog of Social Security USA.*
Does your country have a social care program for retirement too?
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@celticeagle (159222)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Mar
I remember my mom getting $444 a month in SS. Ida lived to ripe old age.
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@celticeagle (159222)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Mar
@RebeccasFarm .......But she didn't work for several years when she was married to my step father.
@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
26 Mar
444..such a small amount for all the work your dear Mom did.
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@mildredtabitha (16048)
• Nairobi, Kenya
26 Mar
We have retirement benefits for those who retire but it don't last until you die.
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@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
26 Mar
Oh it doesn't?
Oh so I wonder what happens after it stops.
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@mildredtabitha (16048)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Mar
@RebeccasFarm It always lasts around five years after retirement unless there is some changes that I don't know about.
Most people after they retire, they start businesses.
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@sabtraversa (12961)
• Italy
26 Mar
Yes, it became official thanks to the Fascist regime. 
It hasn't been working well lately, due to high unemployment and an old population.
It hasn't been working well lately, due to high unemployment and an old population.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
26 Mar
Yes so I read about that Sabrina. Sorry to hear it too.
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@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
26 Mar
Surely it is..such a huge system it is Social Security.
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@Beestring (13336)
• Hong Kong
26 Mar
We do not have Pension Scheme here. There are just social assistance programs for those who do not have enough money to survive.
