<div>Frances Perkins wasn’t just the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She was also America’s longest serving Secretary of Labor. The only thing that overshadows her status as a trailblazer is what she accomplished in office. She’s the reason we have Social Security. She led the fight to end child labor, to establish a minimum wage and to create the 40-hour work week. She tried to establish universal health care… but hey, she was only human. <br>
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Ready for the sad part? She did all of that while under constant personal attacks. Her political opponents tried to impeach her. They spread a rumor that she hadn’t been born in America. Hmm… does any of that sound familiar? Ya know what Paula Abdul says… two steps forward and two steps back… <br>
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<em>Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Kristin pulled from: <br>
</em>The documentary, “Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare.”<br>
The book, “The Woman Behind the New Deal,” by Kirstin Downey<br>
The Frances Perkins Center website<br>
“Frances Perkins” entry on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Website<br>
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