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Adele Clarke, PhD 

Anyone who doubts that history is taught at UCSF should have listened to Adele Clarke talk about the “Adventures of a Sociologist in the Health Sciences.”

SOCIAL SECURITY: FIXING THE GLARING GAP FOR WOMEN

After a lifetime of lower wages and time out of the labor market for caregiving, women typically receive less from Social Security than men, with millions of widows and women of color falling into poverty in old age.

Now, in a significant new report led by a UCSF social scientist, a team of leading advocates for women and senior citizens seeks to correct the inequities through sweeping proposals to reform the nation’s financial safety net for senior citizens.