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Frances Coralie "Fannie" Perkins ( 1882-04-10 – 1965-05-14 ) was U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945. She was the first female Cabinet member. Sourced The quality of his being one with his people, of having no artificial or naural barriers...


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Name: Frances Perkins
Birth Date: April 10, 1882
Death Date: May 14, 1965
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Death: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: secretary of labor

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Biography of Frances Perkins
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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, Mass., on April 10, 1882, and grew up in...


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Born April 10, 1880 Boston, Massachusetts Died May 14, 1965 New York, New York Secretary of labor Frances...
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United States 1933 Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet position. She became secretary of labor in 1933 after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president. This position allowed her to bring about sweeping changes...
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Frances Coralie Perkins (born Fanny Coralie Perkins, lived April 10 1882 – May 14 1965) was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever appointed to the cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend Franklin D....


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Trailblazer Frances Perkins Celebrated At Mt. Holyoke
03/25/2001: 963 words, approx. 3 pages
SOUTH HADLEY - Participants arriving at a symposium this month on Frances Perkins, one of Mount Holyoke College's most illustrious alumnae, encountered a group distributing literature about a labor dispute between the women's college and 26 housekeepers. Just beyond that information table were...
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Frances Williams Perkins, sailor, sportswoman; courted challenges
05/21/1993: 411 words, approx. 1 pages
Frances Williams Perkins, a Dover native who remained a strong sailor into her 70s and who founded an urban Chicago organization that teaches people with disabilities to ride horses, died Saturday at her Cohasset summer home of complications from chronic heart disease. She was...
 


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