Frances Perkins. Correspondence and Memorabilia.

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Frances Perkins. Correspondence and Memorabilia.

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Letters from Frances Perkins to Frances White. The collection also includes a sheet of U.S. postage stamps commemorating Ms. Perkins, and newspaper clippings concerning her life, career, and death.

1 linear ft.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908036

Cornell University Library

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Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

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Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Rooseve...

White, Frances J.

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