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  2. Frances Perkins - Wikipedia

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    Frances Perkins Lectures at the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University. Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: Frances Perkins; U.S. Department of Labor Biography "Biographer Chronicles Perkins, 'New Deal' Pioneer", All Things Considered, March 28, 2009. An interview with ...

  3. Why's it called that? Before a library carried her name ... - AOL

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    An appropriate book to read during Labor Day weekend would be "Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal." ... Perkins served as the U.S. secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

  4. Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first and second terms

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    Roosevelt appointed more women to office than any previous president. The very first woman in the cabinet was Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. [150] Roosevelt also appointed Florence E. Allen to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, making her the first woman to serve on a federal appeals court. [151]

  5. Harry Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    Harold Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal relief programs before serving as the eighth United States secretary of commerce from 1938 to 1940 and as Roosevelt's chief foreign policy advisor and liaison to Allied leaders ...

  6. Biden establishing Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine

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    Perkins, appointed by Roosevelt in 1933, served 12 years in the role, making her the longest-serving official in… Biden establishing Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine Skip to main content

  7. Maine leaders seek national monument for home of Frances ...

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    Perkins served as labor secretary under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and played a key role in shaping his programs that helped Americans recover from the Great Depression, including advocating ...

  8. Harold L. Ickes - Wikipedia

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    Harold LeClair Ickes (/ ˈ ɪ k ə s / IK-əs; March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator, politician and lawyer.He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for nearly 13 years from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest-serving Cabinet member in U.S. history after James Wilson.

  9. Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins ...

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs after the Great Depression.