President Biden designates new national monument at Frances Perkins Center in Maine
President Joe Biden has designated a new national monument in Maine honoring the country's first female cabinet secretary Frances Perkins. Perkins, a native of Massachusetts, was a key architect of some of nation's most sweeping labor laws and reforms.
Worcester's Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member, gets national monument in Maine
Far from the woods of Maine and the government buildings of Washington, Frances Perkins grew up at 18 Cottage St. in Worcester. She attended the Oxford Street School and Classical High School in Worcester (later merged into Doherty Memorial High School).
Biden to Establish Monument for Trailblazing Frances Perkins
As labor secretary, Perkins helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulate policies behind the 1930s New Deal.
Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary
President Joe Biden has signed a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins
Pres. Biden establishes Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation establishing the "Frances Perkins National Monument" in Newcastle Monday.
Biden to establish Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine.
A Biden proclamation will establish a national monument for the 1st US female Cabinet secretary
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins
A Joe Biden proclamation will establish a national monument for the 1st US female Cabinet secretary
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to serve in a presidential
Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring first US female Cabinet secretary
Biden is expected to visit the Labor Department on Monday to formally make the announcement and sign the proclamation that will establish the monument in Newcastle, Maine, the White House said.
Biden establishes national monument honoring first female Cabinet secretary
President Joe Biden established a new national monument Monday honoring Frances Perkins, the first woman to hold a Cabinet position. Perkins, who served as labor secretary from 1933 to 1945, was a critical ally supporting former President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal agenda and a strong voice for organized labor.
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President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument in honor of former Secretary of Labor Frances
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