President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the ...

She served as secretary of labor for Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945 and spearheaded reforms like Social Security and ...

President Joe Biden today established the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine as the 433rd addition to the ...

President Joe Biden on Monday designated the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine, a national monument to honor the ...

As labor secretary, Perkins helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulate policies behind the 1930s New Deal.

Far from the woods of Maine and the government buildings of Washington, Frances Perkins grew up at 18 Cottage St. in ...

President Joe Biden has designated a new national monument in Maine honoring the country's first female cabinet secretary ...

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation establishing the "Frances Perkins National Monument" in Newcastle Monday.

President Joe Biden on Monday will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument in Maine honoring Frances Perkins.

Frances Perkins was a trailblazing woman whose legacy continues to improve the lives of Americans today. Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, and she fought for working ...

In this extended interview Downey discusses Frances Perkins, a labor rights activist, close friend of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the first female secretary of labor.