@article{344327,
      recid = {344327},
      author = {Downey, Kirstin.},
      title = {The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances  Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience  /},
      publisher = {Nan A. Talese/Doubleday,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xiii, 458 p., [16] p. of plates :},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was  one of the most influential women of the twentieth century.  Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin  Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary,  at the height of the Great Depression, she spearheaded the  fight to improve the lives of America's working people  while juggling her own family responsibilities. Perkins's  ideas became the cornerstones of the most important social  welfare legislation in the nation's history, including  unemployment compensation, child labor laws, the forty-hour  work week, and Social Security. Also, as head of the  Immigration Service, she fought to bring European refugees  to safety. Based on eight years of research, extensive  archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to  family and friends, this is the first complete portrait of  a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a  mother who changed the landscape of American business and  society.--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/344327},
}