Frances Perkins
(1882-1965)

American Secretary of Labor,
First woman to hold US cabinet position
National Women's Hall of Fame
Labor Hall of Fame

birthdate: April 10
birthplace:
Boston, Massachusetts

LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARperkins.htm

www.ssa.gov/history/fpbiossa.html

www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=119

www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/perkins.cfm

www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/laborhall/1989_perkins.htm

http://americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Frances_Perkins.php

 

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