Worcester's Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member, gets national monument in Maine
Far from the woods of Maine and the government buildings of Washington, Frances Perkins grew up at 18 Cottage St. in Worcester. She attended the Oxford Street School and Classical High School in Worcester (later merged into Doherty Memorial High School).
Homestead of Frances Perkins, ‘a titan of Maine,’ designated national monument
President Joe Biden on Monday designated the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine, a national monument to honor the legacy of the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and longest-serving secretary of labor.
"We're a gritty, hardworking community and we support each other," she said. "Any time Frances Perkins and the Midcoast ...
Now the National Park Service is honoring her legacy with America’s newest national park, Frances Perkins National Monument ...
President Joe Biden was inducted Monday into the U.S. Department of Labor's Hall of Honor for his "tireless support of U.S.
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