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

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

Just as it turned 100 in 2016, America’s National Park Service (NPS) began to officially recognize the contributions that LGBTQ+ Americans have made to the rich and diverse history of the United ...

A mural titled ‘The Security of the People’ by Seymour Fogel, illustrating the values and programs put forth by the New Deal. | Fine Art/GettyImages Nearly 100 years later, Americans are still ...

The Plymouth Center for Active Living will host a portrayal of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet. Janet Parnes will portray Perkins at 5:30 p.m. on May 20.

One vivid example from history involves an incident from nearly 100 years ago when conservatives attempted to impeach Frances Perkins—Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Labor Secretary and the first ...

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.

Smith ran unsuccessfully for president in 1928, and Franklin D. Roosevelt became New York’s new governor. Under Roosevelt, Perkins became the state’s Industrial Commissioner and the two worked ...

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and was a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs that followed the Great Depression.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and was a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs that followed the Great Depression.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and was a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs that followed the Great Depression.