The woman behind the New Deal the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience

Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, at the height of the Great Depression, she spearheaded the fight t...

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Main Author:	Downey, Kirstin
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2009.
Subjects:	Perkins, Frances, > 1880-1965. United States. > Dept. of Labor > Biography. Women cabinet officers > United States > Biography. Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
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