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Frances Perkins. Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 [ 1 ][ 2 ] – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a ...
Frances Perkins is one of the most influential women in the history of our nation, one whose influence can and should be an inspiration for all Americans — women and men alike.
An appropriate book to read during Labor Day weekend would be "Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal." Of course, it can be found in the stacks of the Frances M. Perkins Branch of the ...
Labor Hall of Honor. The United States Department of Labor Hall of Honor is in the Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. It is a monument to honor Americans who have made a major contribution toward their country's workers; for example, by improving working conditions, wages, and quality of life.
Frances Perkins Center. The Frances Perkins Center is a nonprofit organization located in Newcastle, Maine. [1][2] Its mission is to inspire current and future generations to understand and uphold the government's role in providing social justice and economic security for all, based on the vision of workers’ rights advocate Frances Perkins.
Janek Ambros and Assembly Line Entertainment have teamed up with Nando Vila and Pop Front Pictures to produce a biopic on Frances Perkins, the true story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Secretary ...
When she became secretary of labor, Frances Perkins made changes to get the unit into a better-run and more effective entity. The service grew rapidly with in the mid-1930s and then again in the early-mid-1940s. John R. Steelman was the Director of the U.S. Conciliation Service from 1937 to 1944, having been chosen for that position by Perkins.
General Services Administration. She Who Must Be Obeyed is a minimalist sculpture 33 feet (10 m) wide and 16 feet (4.9 m) deep made by Tony Smith in 1975. [1] It is located at the Frances Perkins Building, in downtown Washington, D.C. The piece consists of nine geometric rhomboid units, bolted and welded together and painted blue.