This site provides a timeline, profiles of people and organizations, overviews of adoption history topics, an archive of primary documents, and an extensive bibliography of additional resources for further reading.

Biographical profiles of social workers who have "made an important contribution to the social work profession and to social policies through service, teaching, writing, research, program development, administration, or legislation."

With its emphasis on the New Deal, this site features selected Survey Graphic articles from the 1930s and a bibliography of related books and journal articles for further reading.

This site presents primary documents, photos, speeches, articles, legislative histories, and reports about the development and history of social security.

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Browse or search blog postings to get the social work perspective on different issues.

"This publication highlights the principal features of social security programs in more than 170 countries. Published in collaboration with the International Social Security Association, one of four regional volumes is issued every six months."