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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 ... the Federal ...
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Biden to Establish Monument for Trailblazing Frances Perkins
As labor secretary, Perkins helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulate policies behind the 1930s New Deal.
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Biden to declare Frances Perkins’ Newcastle home a national monument
The longest-serving person in that post, she spearheaded New Deal reforms like Social Security, the 40-hour work week, child labor laws and the minimum wage. The Frances Perkins National Monument ...
The Hill22d
Biden establishing Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine
to the creation of Social Security, Perkins remains one of the most influential women in US history,” Keith Mestrich, chair of the board for the Frances Perkins Center, said in a statement.
Des Moines Register22d
There's a new national park, but you’ve probably never heard of its trailblazing namesake
Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve as a Cabinet secretary ... Roosevelt, she envisioned and helped create Social ...
Homestead of Frances Perkins, ‘a titan of Maine,’ designated national monument
President Joe Biden has designated the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine, a national monument to honor the legacy ...
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Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary
President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins ... with helping establish the Social Security Act, the Fair Labor Standards ...
USA Today22d
There's a new national park, but you’ve probably never heard of its trailblazing namesake
Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve as ... Roosevelt, she envisioned and helped create Social Security; helped millions of Americans get back to work during the Great Depression; fought ...
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Biden to establish Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Monday to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument ... During that time, she "helped create Social Security; helped millions of Americans ...