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Women Members Who Became Cabinet Members and United States Diplomats - Provided by the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian. Part of the History, Art & Archives, Women in Congress, 1917–2006 website. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
Perkins is famous for being the first woman cabinet member, as well as from her policy accomplishments. She was heavily involved with many issues associated with the social safety net including, the creation of Social Security, unemployment insurance in the United States, the federal minimum wage, and federal laws regulating child labor. [54]
The Cabinet of the United States is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The Cabinet generally meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet.
Business: Man sentenced for helping pregnant Chinese women travel to give birth in the US; Economic: Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary; Money: Stock market today: Nasdaq hits a record as Wall Street drifts ahead of Federal Reserve's meeting
Rachel Levine Official portrait, 2021 17th Assistant Secretary for Health In office March 26, 2021 – January 20, 2025 President Joe Biden Secretary Xavier Becerra Preceded by Brett Giroir Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health In office July 2017 – January 23, 2021 Governor Tom Wolf Preceded by Karen Murphy Succeeded by Alison Beam (acting) Personal details Born (1957-10-28 ...
Throughout her public career, she was the first woman to hold a number of positions, including secretary of transportation, becoming the first woman to serve in two different presidential cabinet positions for two presidents after being appointed secretary of labor, as well as the first female U.S. senator from North Carolina and chair of the ...
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party, held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt.
Patricia Roberts Harris (May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985) was an American politician, diplomat, and legal scholar. She served as the 6th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 1977 to 1979 and as the 13th United States secretary of health and human services [a] from 1979 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.