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    Who Do You Think You Are? Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act: Episode 29
    Who Do You Think You Are? Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act: Episode 29
    Who Do You Think You Are? Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act: Episode 29
    Audiobook13 minutes

    Who Do You Think You Are? Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act: Episode 29

    Written by Jad Adams

    Narrated by Chetan Pathak

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    About this audiobook

    In 1908, for the first time, the state made an agreement to pay a pension to the industrious, elderly poor – both men and women – without contributions. They simply had to have lived to the age of 70.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImmediate Media
    Release dateAug 24, 2016
    ISBN9781987134056
    Who Do You Think You Are? Behind the Headlines: 1908 Old Age Pension Act: Episode 29

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