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The Woman Behind the New Deal : : the Life of Frances Perkins, Fdr's Secretary of Labor and his Moral Conscience

Downey, Kirstin. Book - 2009 921 Perkins, Frances 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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Call Number: 921 Perkins, Frances
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Childhood and youth -- Becoming Frances Perkins -- The young activist hits New York -- The triangle shirtwaist fire -- Finding allies in Tammany Hall -- Teddy Roosevelt and Frances Perkins -- A good match -- Married life -- Motherhood -- The indomitable Al Smith -- FDR and Al Smith -- With the Roosevelts in Albany -- FDR becomes president -- Frances becomes Secretary of Labor -- The pioneer -- Skeletons in the Labor Department closet -- Jump-starting the economy -- At home with Mary Harriman -- Blue Eagle: a first try at "civilizing capitalism" -- Refugees and regulations -- Rebuilding the house of labor -- Labor shakes off its slumber -- The union movement revitalizes and splits apart -- Social Security -- Family problems -- Court-packing, wages, and hours -- Impeachment -- War clouds and refugees -- Frances and Franklin -- Madness, misalliances, and a nude bisexual water sprite -- The war comes -- Last days of the Roosevelt administration -- Harry Truman -- The Truman administration -- Communism -- End of the Truman era -- Many transitions -- Last days.

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She great submitted by BobaFeta on July 19, 2014, 9:18pm Awesome

Exceptional submitted by rats on September 9, 2021, 2:59am An excellent book about an exceptional American. Should be required reading in high school.

PUBLISHED
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xiii, 458 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0385513658
9781400078561

SUBJECTS
Perkins, Frances, -- 1880-1965.
United States. -- Dept. of Labor -- Biography.
Women social reformers -- Biography.
Women cabinet officers -- Biography.