For many women,
the road to poverty begins after their spouse dies. After the death of a spouse,
household income generally declines by about 40% due to changes in Social Security benefits, spouse’s retirement income, and earnings. Financial choices made under duress, obscure benefit laws, and new familial needs (i.e. therapy, relocation or supplemental childcare) play a huge part as the years pass, and by 65, for widowed women, the poverty rate becomes approximately 51% living on less than $22,000 a year.
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