To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his ...

At 470 West Boylston St., the library branch is named for Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet, as labor secretary under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy ...

Explore NPR’s special series on caregiving, What It Takes. Caregiving introduces Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, an architect of the unprecedented Social Security Act of 1935.

Explore NPR's special series on caregiving, What It Takes. Caregiving introduces Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, an architect of the unprecedented Social Security Act of 1935.

Explore NPR's special series on caregiving, What It Takes. Caregiving introduces Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, an architect of the unprecedented Social Security Act of 1935.

Caregiving introduces Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, an architect of the unprecedented Social Security Act of 1935. That social insurance program ensured an income for older ...

She became its lead investigator. Franklin Delano Roosevelt respected Perkins enough that when he became New York’s governor, he tapped her to serve as the state’s industrial commissioner.