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14 de mar. de 2021 · Frances Perkins was the first female Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, paving the way for the record number of women serving in President Biden’s Cabinet.
13 de ago. de 2018 · Although the story of Frances Perkins has nevertheless gone unappreciated following her death in 1965 at age 85, she received some of her due during the 2016 presidential campaign. It was then that Hillary Clinton, whose own career undoubtedly owes a great deal to Perkins, tweeted about Perkins’ significant contributions to shaping American history.
12 de sept. de 2023 · Frances Perkins, primera mujer miembro del gabinete presidencial de Estados Unidos, fue la impulsora esencial del New Deal, a la que se le atribuye el desarrollo de políticas para apuntalar la economía nacional después de la crisis económica más grave del país. Elaboró una legislación de seguridad social y planificó una política ...
Students will be able to identify the background of Frances Perkins and her legacy as a pioneering woman and an architect of the New Deal. Students will identify the pivotal role the Department of Labor played in addressing the economic challenges of the Great Depression. Students will understand the role of the presidential cabinet in ...
1933 - 1945. Major accomplishments of her 12-year tenure as Secretary of Labor included: Social Security Act: Directed the development and passage of landmark law establishing old age pensions, unemployment insurance, survivor benefits. CCC, NRA, PWA, WPA: Instrumental in creating major New Deal jobs programs. U.S. Employment Service.
Frances Perkins was born in 1880 in Massachusetts. During her childhood, she often spent summers visiting her grandmother at the Perkins Family Homestead in Newcastle, Maine. She always considered this her "true home," and lived there later in life. 1 Perkins challenged gender norms of the day by attending college.
29 de feb. de 2024 · According to the Frances Perkins Center, she made it clear to President Franklin D. Roosevelt she would only accept his appointment if he supported her goals: “a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolish child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and ...
