Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins (born April 10, 1880 in Boston , Massachusetts , † May 14, 1965 in New York ; born as Fanny Coralie Perkins ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ). She was named the United States' first female minister by Franklin D. Roosevelt . She was fourth chief and first head of the United States Department of Labor from March 4, 1933 to June 30, 1945 . She is the author of several books. Not only was she the first woman to hold this post, she is also the person who has held the post of Labor Minister the longest.
Life
Frances Perkins was born in Boston in 1882 to Frederick Winslow Perkins and Susan Wright . The family moved to Worcester in the year they were born . She attended Ferry Hall School in Lake Forest and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1902 . Eight years later, in 1910, she graduated from Columbia University with a degree in sociology. In 1913 she married the statistician Paul Caldwell Wilson, with whom she had a daughter (Susanna). After an offer from Alfred Smith in 1918 to join the New York State Industrial Commission , Perkins became the first female member of the commission that year. In 1926 she became President of the Commission. Like Al Smith, she had witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911 and spent her entire life campaigning for better working hours and conditions. In New York, where she had lived since 1909, she was appointed economic commissioner by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1929 . It was Roosevelt who made Perkins Secretary of Labor of the United States. After winning election to President of the United States in 1933, he named Perkins Secretary of Labor of the United States and into his cabinet , making her the first woman to sit in a United States cabinet.
She worked for over twelve years as Minister of Labor and was the only person next to Harold L. Ickes who belonged to Roosevelt's cabinet for the entire term of office. Perkins served on the United States Civil Service Commission until 1952 when her husband died and she retired from the commission.
Perkins taught in New York until her death in 1965.
Works
- 1919: Women as Employers
- 1921: A Social Experiment Under the Workmen's Compensation Jurisdiction
- 1934: People at Work
- 1946: The Roosevelt I Knew
Web links
- Frances Perkins in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
- Newspaper article about Frances Perkins in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronology. In: Frances Perkins Center. Retrieved August 25, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Frances Perkins Frances Perkins in the Notable Names Database (English)
- ↑ US Department of Labor: Frances Perkins www.dol.gov ( Memento of the original dated August 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mount Holyoke College: Frances Perkins www.asteria.fivecolleges.edu
- ^ Politics and Public Service Frances Perkins 1882-1965 www.us-history.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perkins, Frances |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perkins, Fanny Coralie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician (Democratic Party) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1965 |
| Place of death | new York |