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Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 [1] [2] – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position.
Frances Perkins National Monument protects the Perkins Homestead, also known as the Brick House, a historic homestead at 478 River Road in Newcastle, Maine.The 57-acre (23 ha) property, including its 1837 brick farmhouse, was designated a national historic landmark and national monument for its association with the life of Frances Perkins (1880–1965), the first woman to hold a position in ...
Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve in a president's cabinet when she was appointed Secretary of Labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. [2] Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African-American woman and the first woman of color to serve in a presidential cabinet when she was named Secretary of Housing and Urban ...
The current political moment is reshaping the narrative about the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet.
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.
[2] [3] [4] After assuming the position, she claimed, “I have always been a huge admirer of Frances Perkins and consider her one of the most important women in our country’s history.” [5] In December 2024, the Biden administration designated the Frances Perkins homestead (where the Center is located) as the Frances Perkins National ...
Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of Labor, is shown before the Senate Labor Committee lending her support to the Wagner Bill, which would create a permanent labor board, in Washington, D.C., March ...
Janek Ambros and Assembly Line Entertainment have teamed up with Nando Vila and Pop Front Pictures to produce a biopic on Frances Perkins, the true story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Secretary ...