SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

I have too many books going at once,no wonder I feel scattered! I am putting the Georgette Heyer biography & her mystery book on hold.I seek a Kind Person is a library book, so I need to continue reading it. WWRWTW #wildeomen & WWK are buddy reads. #readingispoliticsl #overcomingevilempires
What‘s left are CI #readyourkindle & AFPM #audiobook. I have finished the Frances Perkins #sundaybuddyread. #weeklyforecast

TheBookHippie, ChrisBohjalian, CBee

dabbe I feel the same! I need to reassess and get over the #FOMO disease! 💛💜🧡 22h

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Fearless: A Novel of Frances Perkins and Social Security | Jonna Higgins-Freese

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Appointed 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

TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie Such a good read. Learning so much. So many women we never heard about!!! 1d

random_michelle OH! I learned about her earlier this year! The History Chicks covered her! (https://thehistorychicks.com/episode-218-frances-perkins-part-one) 16h

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