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Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy And Economic Security For Women, Timothy M. Smeeding
Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy And Economic Security For Women, Timothy M. Smeeding
Center for Policy Research
This policy brief is designed to raise awareness of the current and future economic circumstances of older women, and the ways in which Social Security reform can help alleviate their unmet needs. It considers the gaps in benefit adequacy and economic security that are not addressed by current Social Security reform proposals and then suggests a series of modest, low-cost reforms to help close these gaps. If our proposals are adopted, Social Security reform will not only close the long-run financial deficit, but it will also greatly reduce the future poverty status of older women, particularly those who live alone. …
The Portfolio Club: A Refuge Of Friendship And Learning, Constance Carroll
The Portfolio Club: A Refuge Of Friendship And Learning, Constance Carroll
The Courier
In 1991 the Portfolio Club still thrives. Despite the social upheavals of the 20th century—especially the evolution of the role of women—the Club has maintained its intellectual vitality, while preserving a quality of graciousness that reminds one of a time long past. In 1990 the Club gave Syracuse University its archives from its founding through 1978. This article highlights much of the Club's history, drawing from sources from Syracuse University's Special Collections.