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Who was? Frances Perkins
Find out how Frances Perkins helped guide the United States out of the Great Depression.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Franklin Roosevelt and members of his administration
Title card: "Blue Eagle wings way over nation" / two-shot Franklin D. Roosevelt, wearing a light-colored hat, with Eleanor Roosevelt; cameras flash, both smile / General Hugh S. Johnson / VS Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, wearing a...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Labor Secretary Frances Perkins at House Labor Committee meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt
Title card: "MADAM SECRETARY FAVORS SHORTER WORKING HOURS" / dissolve to Title card: "Editor's Note: We take you behind the scenes in the capital with Mrs. Roosevelt and Ishbel MacDonald to attend a House Labor Committee hearing. Miss...
Hearst Metrotone News
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security bill.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security bill.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and his cabinet
WS newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with his cabinet, seated left to right: US Secretary of War George Dern, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Roosevelt, Treasury Secretary William H. Woodin, US Attorney General Homer...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Great Depression, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins testifies before Congressional Committee in Washington, DC
Title card: "First madam secretary pleads for labor army!" / title card: "Editor's note: For first time in history, a woman Cabinet officer speaks for the Government at a Congressional Hearing. These intimate glimpses show Miss Frances...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Franklin Roosevelt's Cabinet appointments include first woman to serve
Title card: "First Woman in Cabinet!" dissolve to title card: "Editor's Note: President Roosevelt's appointment of Miss Frances Perkins marks the first time American womanhood has received recognition in the Cabinet. And now meet our new...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt confer with President in Washington, DC, on plans for National Recovery Administration
Two shots of advisors standing on steps of White House posing for photo opportunity after conferring with President / closer shot of three advisors, from left to right Senator Joe T. Robinson, Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings and...
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about social security, unemployment insurance, and pensions after signing the Social Security Act.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about social security, unemployment insurance, and pensions after signing the Social Security Act.
Columbia University
Columbia University Libraries: Notable New Yorkers: Frances Perkins
On this website you can read and hear interviews with Frances Perkins which cover her advocacy to give governmental protection to the working class. The interviews were conducted as part of Columbia University's Oral History project.