‘Dear Miss Perkins’ Review: Secretary and Savior
Frances Perkins’s agenda for the Labor Department put her at odds with the country’s tradition of restrictive immigration ...
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Homestead of Frances Perkins, ‘a titan of Maine,’ designated national monument
Perkins was the first female Cabinet secretary and served as Labor Secretary under Franklin Roosevelt. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) President Joe Biden has designated the Frances Perkins ...
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How the Nation’s First ‘Madam Secretary’ Fought to Save Jewish Refugees Fleeing From Nazi Germany
A new book spotlights Frances Perkins’ efforts to challenge the United States’ restrictive immigration policies as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s secretary of labor Sara Georgini ...
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Victory! President preserves the Frances Perkins Homestead in Maine as a national monument
Frances Perkins was a trailblazing woman ... specifically created to interpret women’s history. As Secretary of Labor under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945, Perkins was the first ...
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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 ... Secretary of Labor, and the driving force behind the New Deal," according to the White House. Perkins served ...
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Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary
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 ...