As labor secretary, Perkins helped President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulate policies behind the 1930s New Deal.

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor ...

President Joe Biden has designated a new national monument in Maine honoring the country's first female cabinet secretary ...

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation establishing the "Frances Perkins National Monument" in Newcastle Monday.

Far from the woods of Maine and the government buildings of Washington, Frances Perkins grew up at 18 Cottage St. in ...

Frances Perkins was the first woman appointed to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind the New Deal, ...

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine.

She served as secretary of labor for Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945 and spearheaded reforms like Social Security and ...

Donald Trump's impressive 2024 victory, sweeping in a Republican Congress on his coattails, has prompted much talk about ...