“It is not the historic function of the Government to furnish specific individuals with jobs. We are in an emergency. We have got to have jobs.”

About Frances Perkins

Public Servant • American

Frances Perkins was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest-serving in that position. As the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet, she was a key...