Frances Perkins, the daughter of a Worcester shopkeeper and the secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was recognized by President Biden Monday with his designation of the ...

Right on time, Maine's newest national monument celebrates the work of one heroic American woman — and the beautiful home and ...

Perkins served as labor secretary for 12 years under FDR. President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Monday to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine. The ...

Who was Frances Perkins? A one-woman play looking ... “She was really the brains behind Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal that got us out of the Great Depression,” Hanson said.

You’ve probably never heard of Frances Perkins ... her 12 years as Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she envisioned and helped create Social Security; helped millions ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart ... Chances are, the name Frances Perkins isn’t top of mind in quite the same way. A longtime workers’ rights advocate from Massachusetts, Perkins was ...

In the Roosevelt administration ... The post How trailblazing US labor secretary Frances Perkins quietly lobbied for Holocaust refugees appeared first on The Times of Israel.

One vivid example from history involves an incident from nearly 100 years ago when conservatives attempted to impeach Frances Perkins—Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Labor Secretary and the first ...

The Plymouth Center for Active Living will host a portrayal of Frances Perkins ... under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The portrayal will offer insights into Perkins' life, including her ...

After Roosevelt won the presidency in 1932 ... Leuchtenburg said. I like to think Frances Perkins had happy times alongside the river in Maine; it was as much of a home as she ever had.