Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal by Naomi Pasachoff

Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal

Naomi Pasachoff

157 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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Frances Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman appointed to a U.S. cabinet post and the longest-serving Secretary of Labor. Perkins had a long and illustrious record as a social activist: she reorganized New York state's factory inspections syste...

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