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Frances Perkins
Sign in to saveAlso known as Frances Coralie Perkins, Frances Perkins Wilson, Fannie Coralie Perkins
Workers-rights advocate and United States Secretary of Labor 1933–1945
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 April 1880
- Died
- 14 May 1965
- Works
- 15
Top works
- The International labor organization as an agency of democracy
- In the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, law no. 87423, United States, ex rel., Winston Guest, petitioner, v. Frances Perkins, secretary of Labor, et al
- Opening remarks of the Secretary of labor, Eleventh national conference on labor legislation, Tuesday, December 12, 1944 ...
- The worker's stake in safety
- A Statement addressed to Hon. Charles S. Whitman, Governor upon the failure of the Industrial Commission to enforce the labor law
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Film & TV
Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known for
- The U.S. and the Holocaust — Self (archive footage)2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-04-09
- Active to
- 1998-01-19
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Cancer-related inflammation
· 2008 · cited 9,264x
- Probability-based protein identification by searching sequence databases using mass spectrometry data
· 1999 · cited 6,929x
- Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials
· 2011 · cited 6,858x
- The protein data bank: A computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures
· 1977 · cited 6,779x
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Quotes
- “The process of recovery is not a simple one. ... We cannot be satisfied merely with makeshift arrangements which will tide us over the present emergencies. We must devise plans that will not merely alleviate the ills of today, but will prevent, as far as it is humanly possible to do so, their recurrence in the future.”
- “Like many people, I was an ardent admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. ...He had recommended to the people 's book How the Other Half Lives. I had read it, and Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural address of 1905, and had straightaway felt that the pursuit of social justice would be my vocation.”
- “As a student and professional social worker, I was taking an active part in proposals to use... legislative authority... to correct social abuses—long hours, low wages, bad housing, child labor, and unsanitary conditions.”
- “He didn’t like concentrated responsibility. Agreement with other people who he thought were good, right minded, and trying to do the right thing by the world was almost as necessary to him as air to breathe.”
- “The quality of his being one with his people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator.”
- “Everybody who jumped, and a good many did jump from the 9th and 10th floors, was killed. The other people who died were all people who were burned or smothered by the smoke in the factory itself.”
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Key facts
- President
- Franklin D. Roosevelt , Harry S. Truman
- Preceded by
- William N. Doak
- Succeeded by
- Lewis B. Schwellenbach
- Governor
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Born
- Fannie Coralie Perkins , ( 1880-04-10 ) April 10, 1880, Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- May 14, 1965 (1965-05-14) (aged 85), New York City , New York , U.S.
- Party
- Socialist (1907–1912), Independent (1912–1919), Democratic (1919–1965)
- Spouse
- Paul Wilson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1913 ; died 1952 )
- Education
- Mount Holyoke College ( BS ), Columbia University ( MA ), University of Pennsylvania (attended)
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Encyclopedic overview
Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her longtime friend, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped make labor issues important in the emerging New Deal coalition. She advocated for immigrants’ rights as well. She was one of two Roosevelt cabinet members to remain in office for his entire presidency (the other being Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes).
Perkins's most important role came in developing a policy for social security in 1935. She also helped form government policy for working with labor unions, although some union leaders distrusted her . Perkins's Labor Department helped to mediate strikes by way of the United States Conciliation Service. She dealt with numerous labor issues during World War II, when skilled labor was vital to the economy and women were moving into jobs formerly held by men.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frances Perkins” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.