Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies.
Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.
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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire.
In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories.
“Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.
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