They escaped successfully from Austria in 1938, and they lived the rest of their lives in the U.S. Missing from the movie was the fact that Frances Perkins aided this family of singers. The family and ...

Frances Perkins’s agenda for the Labor Department put her at odds with the country’s tradition of restrictive immigration ...

was first settled by Perkins’ family in the 1750s. It has been restored and serves as the only site dedicated to telling the full story of this self-made woman and pioneering national icon. Read more ...

A new book spotlights Frances Perkins' efforts to challenge the United States' restrictive immigration policies as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor ...

Frances Perkins, who served as the Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in front of the brick house at her family homestead in Newcastle, Maine. (Photo courtesy of Frances ...

The site was donated by the Frances Perkins Center to the Park Service includes more than 50 acres of property along the Damariscotta River. The site includes Perkins’ historic home, family barn and ...

NEWBURYPORT — Historian Rebecca Brenner Graham will visit “The Morning Show” on Thursday to discuss her forthcoming book “Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid ...

“Frances Perkins accepted the position as the first ... that is a beacon for all of us who serve.” Perkins and her family had deep roots in Newcastle, where she was buried after her death ...