Frances Perkins
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 60 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 10,1880 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Boston |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 14,1965 |
| Died | New York |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Previous office | United States Secretary of Labor (1933–1945) |
| Children | Susanna Wilson Coggeshall |
| Job | Politician |
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| Educator | |
| Sociologist | |
| Activist | |
| Education | Mount Holyoke College |
| Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | |
| Columbia University | |
| Books | The Roosevelt I knew |
| Two Views of American Labor | |
| Third Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1914 | |
| Spouse | Paul Caldwell Wilson |
| Place of burial | Glidden Cemetery, Damariscotta-Newcastle, Maine, United States |
| Previous position | United States Secretary of Labor (1933–1945) |
| Party | Democratic Party |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 481300 |
Frances Perkins Life story
Frances Perkins was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.
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