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Keller, Emily

Frances Perkins: First Woman Cabinet Member

160 pp. | Morgan | December, 2006 | Library ISBN 1-931798-91-5 $27.95
(3) YA Perkins was FDR's secretary of labor throughout his entire term as president. Facts about Perkins's life are here intertwined with historical context, including information about American socialism, the establishment of settlement houses to fight poverty, and the American Labor movement. The book's clean design includes well-placed archival photographs, political posters, and other reproduced materials. Source notes are included. Timeline, websites. Bib. ind.
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

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