The nation’s first female Cabinet-level secretary, Frances Perkins helped create multiple New Deal–era social programs. She spent summers at the homestead, which is located close to Peskin’s home in ...

Frances Perkins, the daughter of a Worcester shopkeeper and the secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was recognized by President Biden Monday with his designation of the Frances ...

Frances Perkins was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s labor secretary, credited with helping establish the 40-hour work week, workplace safety measures and the abolition of child labor.

Frances Perkins Center designation adds a new draw to Damariscotta region The family homestead of the first woman Cabinet member became a national monument on Monday.

The Frances Perkins Center acquired the 57-acre property from the family several years ago and will continue to own and manage the land outside of the national monument.

Frances Perkins was a trailblazer whose legacy during the New Deal Era continues to improve the lives of people today. Perkins spent her life fighting for working people and served as a driving force ...

Perkins did little to cement herself in the historical record. She was more interested in her work and her family’s personal safety than in being remembered.

President Biden is set to designate a national monument in Maine commemorating pioneering former Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, who served as the nation’s first woman Cabinet secretary under ...

President Joe Biden on Monday will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument in Maine honoring Frances Perkins.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and was a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs that followed the Great Depression.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and was a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs that followed the Great Depression.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and was a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs that followed the Great Depression.