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==<div id="Father"></div>Was Witte "The Father of Social Security"== | ==<div id="Father"></div>Was Witte "The Father of Social Security"== | ||
Witte has long been credited as the "Father of Social Security," but Witte himself denied this claim. He believed that he deserved "this title less than many others." Witte pointed out that the [[Social Security Act]] was a collaborative undertaking | Witte has long been credited as the "Father of Social Security," but Witte himself denied this claim. He believed that he deserved "this title less than many others." Witte pointed out that the [[Social Security Act]] was a collaborative undertaking: | ||
<blockquote>Social Security, like most other major social advances, has been the product of the endeavors and work of many people over a long period of time. The contributions made by any one person have been so commingled with those of many others that the end-product cannot be attributed to any individual or group of individuals.<ref>Witte in ''Social Security Bulletin'' (October 1955), quoted in [[Wilbur J. Cohen]], "[http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/cohenwitte.html Edwin E. Witte (1887-1960): Father of Social Security]," ''Industrial and Labor Relations Review'' 14, No. 1, October 1960.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Social Security, like most other major social advances, has been the product of the endeavors and work of many people over a long period of time. The contributions made by any one person have been so commingled with those of many others that the end-product cannot be attributed to any individual or group of individuals.<ref>Witte in ''Social Security Bulletin'' (October 1955), quoted in [[Wilbur J. Cohen]], "[http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/cohenwitte.html Edwin E. Witte (1887-1960): Father of Social Security]," ''Industrial and Labor Relations Review'' 14, No. 1, October 1960.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 27 May 2010
Was Witte "The Father of Social Security"
Witte has long been credited as the "Father of Social Security," but Witte himself denied this claim. He believed that he deserved "this title less than many others." Witte pointed out that the Social Security Act was a collaborative undertaking:
Social Security, like most other major social advances, has been the product of the endeavors and work of many people over a long period of time. The contributions made by any one person have been so commingled with those of many others that the end-product cannot be attributed to any individual or group of individuals.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Witte in Social Security Bulletin (October 1955), quoted in Wilbur J. Cohen, "Edwin E. Witte (1887-1960): Father of Social Security," Industrial and Labor Relations Review 14, No. 1, October 1960.