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Isabelle M. Kelley

American social worker (1917–1997)

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Food Stamp Act of 1964

The Food Stamp Act of 1964 (P.L. 88–525) made the federal Food Stamp Program permanent on August 31, 1964 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill as part of his “War on Poverty,” with stated ...

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who administered the original food stamp program

The original federal food‑stamp plan was created in 1939 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, credited to Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace; the program...