Fearless: A Novel of Frances Perkins and Social Security | 
pickAppointed by FDR in 1933,Secretary of Labor, Francis Perkins (also the first woman to serve in a President‘s Cabinet),fought for years to pass a Social Security Act for the good of the country‘s people.She was an early union advocate,was vilified & summoned,but ultimately exonerated,to Senator McCarthy‘s hearings.In the background she dealt with her husband‘s mental illness & her college age daughter‘s needs.Pertinent now. #sundaybuddyread
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I pulled out this vintage 1930s era tea cup & saucer. 😀
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Frances Perkins https://francesperkinscenter.org/learn/her-life/
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In 1934, Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins to head a Committee on Economic Security, where she forged the blueprint of legislation finally enacted as the Social Security Act. Signed into law by the President on August 14, 1935, the Act included a system of old age pensions, unemployment compensation, workers‘ compensation and aid to the needy and disabled.
