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Frances Perkins

(Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965)

Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – 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 presidential cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her longtime friend, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped make labor issues important in the emerging New Deal coalition. She advocated for immigrants’ rights as well. She was one of two Roosevelt cabinet members to remain in office for his entire presidency (the other being Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes). (From Wikipedia)

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Dedication of the Frances Perkins Building, April 10, 1980, Washington, D.C. (Department of Labor, 1980), by United States Department of Labor (page images at HathiTrust)

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Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965: People at Work (New York: The John Day Co., c1934) (page images at HathiTrust)

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Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965: 3rd report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1914 (J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1914), also by New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission, James P. Whiskeman, Charles C. Williamson, Howard Brown Woolston, Robert F. Wagner, and Irene Osgood Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965: Immigration laws and rules of January 1, 1930, with amendments from January 1, 1930 to May 24, 1934. (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1935), also by United States and United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965: Report to the President of the Committee on economic security. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1935), also by United States. Committee on Economic Security (page images at HathiTrust)
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965: Report to the President of the Committee on economic security. (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1935), also by United States. Committee on Economic Security (page images at HathiTrust)
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965: A Statement addressed to Hon. Charles S. Whitman, Governor upon the failure of the Industrial Commission to enforce the labor law : with particular reference to the fire in Diamond Factory, Williamsburg, Brooklyn on November 6th, 1915. (s.n., 1916), also by N.Y.) Committee of Safety (New York (page images at HathiTrust)

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