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Explore the life and achievements of Frances Perkins through this collection of short biographies, profiles, obituaries, and articles. READ MORE (PDF) Bat-Ami Zucker, 2001 READ MORE (PDF) The New York…
Frances Perkins was the first. Her innovative and forward-thinking ideas shaped many of the labor laws that are in place today. Frances Perkins (She was christened Fannie Coralee, but legally changed her name.) was born in Boston and raised in Worcester, MA, earning a Bachelor’s degree at Mt. Holyoke, and later a Master’s in sociology at ...
Nov 21, 2023 · The Early Life of Frances Perkins. Frances Perkins' was born in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, as Fannie Coralie Perkins. Her parents were Frederick Perkins and Susan E. Bean.
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Jun 22, 2009 · June 22, 2009. Frances Perkins, F.D.R.’s Secretary of Labor, and the first female member of a Presidential cabinet, was a key architect of the New Deal, guiding F.D.R. to enact some of his most ...
Frances Perkins (1880-1965) is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Government official for New York State and the federal government, including Industrial Commissioner of the State of New York from 1929-1932, Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933.
Frances Perkins was the first woman to hold a position in a Presidential Cabinet in the United States. 2. Perkins was responsible for the design, passage, and implementation of the Social Security Act of 1935. 3. Perkins used visitor visas to rescue Jewish refugees from Europe and exercised her discretionary powers as Secretary of Labor to ...
