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<p>as A Young Woman In College, Frances Perkins Considered Becoming An Actress Or A Teacher. However, Women's Reform Movements Of The 1920s Fired Her Imagination. Perkins Began Working As A Social Reformer, Challenging Manufacturers And Politicians And Championing Worker's Rights. At The Start Of The Great Depression, Newly Elected U.s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Asked Her To Join His Cabinet As Secretary Of Labor. Together, The President And Perkins Developed Progressive Plans To Revive America's Economy. Whether Caring For Her Frequently Institutionalized Husband Or Bearing The Burden Of Her Position As The First Woman Member Of A Presidential Cabinet, Perkins Faced Challenges With Grace And Wit. Frances Perkins: First Woman Cabinet Member Recreates The Anxiety Of America During The Great Depression And Details Her Efforts To Bring Hope And Change During A Critical Time In American Life.</p> <h3>children's Literature</h3> <p>frances Perkins (1889—1965) Was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secretary Of Labor For The Length Of His Administration. Yes, She Was The First Woman Cabinet Member And Responsible For Many Of The New Deal Programs, But Before That She Had An
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- Author
- Keller, Emily
- Publisher
- Morgan Reynolds Publishing
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781931798914
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Young Adult, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (5 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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