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Frances Perkins: Breaking a Barrier

Frances Perkins: Breaking a Barrier In-Person

Frances Perkins led a long life of service. Frances started working in Chicago at the Jane Addams Hull Settlement House. She was inspired to become an activist after witnessing the Triangle Factory Fire tragedy in 1911. Frances worked for the New York State government under Governors Al Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Rooselvelt became President in 1933, he brought Perkins to Washington, D.C. where she became the first woman to serve in a President's Cabinet. During her term there she helped to create the Social Security Act, plus other government efforts of the New Deal.

Please join MCC professor history, Mark Sample, as he tells the story of this forgotten, but important woman in history!

Date:
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Time:
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Central - Kate Gleason Auditorium
Library:
Central Library
Audience:
  Adults     Seniors     Teens  
Categories:
  Department - Science, History & Technology     Lecture     History     Women's History  

Registration is required. There are 39 seats available.

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