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Pasachoff, Naomi

Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal

160 pp. | Oxford | December, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-19-512222-4 $$22.00
(3) YA While there's no overarching psychological or sociological insight, as into Perkins's feminism, to rivet the reader, this biography of the first woman U.S. cabinet member (she was secretary of labor under FDR) is well-written, thorough, and occasionally humorous. The black-and-white photos of Perkins, who guarded her difficult private life, seem to reveal as much as the text does. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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