How Food Stamps Really Started

How Food Stamps Really Started

Trista - January 15, 2020

How Food Stamps Really Started
In 1955, Isabelle Kelley received an award for superior service from Ezra Taft Benson, the secretary of agriculture, for helping to administer the Special Milk Program for schoolchildren. New York Times.

14. In The Position, Isabelle Kelley Helped Feed Millions Of People

Isabelle Kelley is a Congressman that is often overlooked in history. Not only was she a part of Congress before it became famous for women to enter politics, but she also became the first director of the food stamp program under President Kennedy and made sure she did a perfect job.

Kelley spends years doing her best to work with the government, retailers, farmers, and consumers to make sure the food program did what it needed to do. In fact, within five years, Kelley fed over six million American citizens.

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