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Photograph, National Council of Senior Citizens Rally on Capitol steps, Washington, D.C., 6 June 1973. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3C53HSW
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Photograph, National Council of Senior Citizens Rally on Capitol steps, Washington, D.C., 6 June 1973.1973-06-06. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3C53HSW

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TitlePhotograph, National Council of Senior Citizens Rally on Capitol steps, Washington, D.C., 6 June 1973.
Date Created1973-06-06
SubjectWilliams, Harrison A., Jr., 1919-2001
Genrephotographs
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3C53HSW
LanguageEnglish
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Type: Exhibition section
Name: The Elderly
Detail: "What will we as a Nation do with the energy, imagination, and experience of Americans who are technically beyond retirement age, even though they feel they have something yet to give for others? We should answer that question in the most positive terms we can." Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Opening statement at introduction of Older Americans Community Service Program bill, 12 January 1967.

Poverty, health care, housing, and other concerns of the elderly were a central feature of Great Society programs. As a member of the Special Committee on Aging for most of his career, Williams gained a first-hand view of the problems of the aged, leading to his advocacy of corrective legislation and involvement in programs such as Meals on Wheels. Williams viewed seniors not just in terms of their problems, but also as individuals with potential as a national human resource warranting government support. Green Thumb, Retired Senior Volunteer (RSVP), and other programs advocated by Williams and supported by federal funding reflected this view.
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Type: Exhibition caption
Detail: Senior citizens were major beneficiaries of Great Society programs, as health care, housing, and other social services expanded. Williams led many of these efforts, as well as promoting legislation aimed at changing attitudes toward the elderly, including support for programs that drew on seniors as valued human resources in their communities. (Photograph by U.S. Senate, Special Committee on Aging.)
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Type: Finding aid
Name: Inventory to the Papers of Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
Detail: Finding aid provides description of materials in the Harrison A. Williams collection
CollectionCrossroads: Harrison A. Williams, Jr. and Great Society Liberalism, 1959-1981
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections
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