President Roosevelt indicators the Social Safety Act, at roughly 3:30 pm EST on 14 August 1935. Standing with Roosevelt are Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC); unknown individual in shadow; Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY); Rep. John Dingell (D-MI); Rep. Joshua Twing Brooks (D-PA); the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins; Sen. Pat Harrison (D-MS); and Rep. David Lewis (D-MD). Library of Congress through Wikimedia Commons.
Course of invitations proposals and submissions for an upcoming sequence on the aged in U.S. historical past. Whereas there’s a huge array of histories referring to youth tradition, kids, and younger adults in america, there are fewer comparable research on the historical past of aged tradition and their affect on American society.
We’re open to accepting articles on wide selection of themes referring to the research of the aged in U.S. historical past, which might embody, however aren’t restricted to: the aged as a political voting bloc or as representatives in U.S. politics, the tradition of retirement communities or Sunbelt cities, the buying energy of aged People or their broader financial affect in American industries, histories of well being and drugs in relation to the aged, or historic reminiscence and interpretations advocated by aged People. We’re additionally taken with articles that discover historic analysis methodologies on this topic or that discover this topic’s intersections with varied subfields of U.S. historical past, together with histories of legislation, age, gender, incapacity research, international research, sports activities, and the setting.
We settle for submissions from anybody engaged within the follow of U.S. historical past, together with researchers, lecturers, graduate college students, archivists, curators, public historians, digital students, and others. Submissions must be written for a public readership, embody a historic argument, and mustn’t exceed 1500 phrases, not counting any footnotes. We are going to look to publish items all through spring 2025, however are open to submissions previous that time. Ship proposals and drafts to weblog@oah.org.
