If it weren't for Frances Perkins, born 140 years ago today, millions of Americans might not be receiving unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.
Such was the case for one Great Depression heroine, born 140 years ago today, whose life's work is still benefiting millions of jobless Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.Meet Frances Perkins: the first female member of a presidential cabinet, and the chief architect behind many New Deal programs that live on 85 years later.
She later became secretary for New York City's Committee on Safety, and in that role helped develop laws that mandated fire drills, sprinkler systems in tall buildings and fire escapes. Later, she worked as industrial commissioner for New York State and became an expert on labor statistics, too.By the time President Franklin D.
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