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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 Roosevelt 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