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“There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.”
| Eugenie Anderson, Diplomat (1909) |
| Helena Bonham Carter, Actress (1966) |
| Miles Davis, Musician (1926) |
| Kay Hagan, Politician (1953) |
| Janos Kadar, Statesman (1912) |
| Dorothea Lange, Photographer (1895) |
| Peggy Lee, Musician (1920) |
| Eddie Albert, Actor (2005) |
| Stewart Alsop, Writer (1974) |
| Lincoln Ellsworth, Explorer (1951) |
| Edsel Ford, Businessman (1943) |