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Frances Perkins and Labor Rights

From the Collection: The Library

Kristin Downey is the author of The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance. In this extended interview Downey discusses Frances Perkins, a labor rights activist, close friend of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the first female secretary of labor. 

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