Frances Perkins
Born April 10, 1880 Boston, Massachusetts
Died May 14, 1965 New York, New York
Secretary of labor
Frances Perkins. AP/Wide World Photo. Reproduced by permission.
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Perkins Becomes Secretary of Labor
United States 1933
Synopsis
Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet position. She became secretary of labor in 1933 after Franklin Del...
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965), American social worker, U.S. secretary of labor, and civil service commissioner, was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet.Frances Perkins was born in Boston,...
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Perkins, Frances
Perkins Becomes Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins