Who was Frances Perkins? A one-woman play penned by a UMass academic exploring the life of the first female Secretary of ...

The country’s newest national monument honors Frances Perkins, America’s first female ... D.C. But she often retreated to the ...

Roosevelt Saturday came the first woman ever to occupy a place in the official "family" of a president of the United States. Frances Perkins, of New York, stood with nine men, chosen with her to ...

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 ...

Roosevelt, was recognized by President Biden Monday with his designation of the Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine. The Perkins family had a homestead in Newcastle. The main building ...

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 ...

Events like this help the nonprofit Friends group raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Collier County’s public libraries.