TY - BOOK N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - The woman behind the New Deal :the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience / DA - c2009. CY - New York : AU - Downey, Kirstin. CN - HD8073.P38 CN - HD8073.P38 PB - Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, PP - New York : PY - c2009. ID - 344327 KW - Women cabinet officers KW - Women social reformers SN - 9780385513654 SN - 0385513658 TI - The woman behind the New Deal :the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008023208.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008023208-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008023208-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008023208-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008023208.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008023208-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008023208-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008023208-s.html ER -