Frances Perkins.
Workers-rights advocate and United States Secretary of Labor 1933–1945
Biden To Establish National Monument For Registered Socialist, Welfare State’s ‘Key Architect’
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument in honor of former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins — a once-registered socialist and key architect of the New Deal. A March 2024…
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About Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins 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.
Everything about Frances Perkins →- Occupation
- politician, sociologist, factory inspector, writer
- Position held
- United States Secretary of Labor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 10, 1882, April 10, 1880
- Died
- May 14, 1965