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 ...

Perkins came to rest and refuel at the 1750s family homestead on 57 acres along the Damariscotta River throughout her years as one of America’s foremost advocates for workers’ rights, economic ...

Smithies may be familiar with Perkins because of the Frances Perkins Scholars Program at Mount Holyoke College—their version of Smith’s Ada Comstock Scholars. But I came to learn that she was far more ...

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.

Perkins, who served as labor secretary for 12 years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency — longer than any appointee to date — was born to Maine parents (her mother from Bethel, her father ...

Frances Perkins was a trailblazer whose legacy during the New Deal Era continues to improve the lives of people today. ... Maine, was first settled by Perkins’ family in the 1750s. It has been ...

The national monument will comprise the nearly 60 acres that were once Perkins’s family’s homestead in Newcastle, which her family has owned for nearly three centuries.

The Frances Perkins center in June 2023. (Courtesy of the Frances Perkins Center via Maine Public) The Frances Perkins Center acquired the 57-acre property from the family several years ago and ...

Perkins and her family had deep roots in Newcastle, where she was buried after her death in 1965. The monument would be established on her family homestead and managed by the National Park Service ...

In August 2024, the Biden Administration signaled plans to designate the Maine homestead of former Labor Secretary Frances Perkins — the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet and a key ...

London Express/Getty Images (NEWCASTLE, MAINE) — President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Monday to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine. The location will ...

Biden will sign a presidential proclamation designating the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle to honor the historic contributions of the first woman Cabinet secretary and the longest ...