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Who Was Frances Perkins? Meet the Trailblazing Workers' Rights Advocate Whose Homestead Just Became a National Monument
The country’s newest national monument honors Frances Perkins, America’s first female cabinet secretary and a champion of workers’ rights. On Monday, President Joe Biden established the ...
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How the Nation's First 'Madam Secretary' Fought to Save Jewish Refugees Fleeing From Nazi Germany
On a mud-swept afternoon in March 1933, Washington, D.C. reporters thronged around Frances Perkins, the newly appointed secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It had been a hard ...
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‘Dear Miss Perkins’ Review: Secretary and Savior
Frances Perkins was America’s first female member of a presidential cabinet, serving as the secretary of labor throughout Franklin Roosevelt’s 12-year presidency. Her legacies include the 40 ...