The Frances Perkins homestead in Newcastle, Maine. (Courtesy of Frances Perkins Center) President Joe Biden on Monday designated the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine, a national monument ...

The former Newcastle home of Frances Perkins, an advocate for workers' rights and the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, has been dedicated as a new national monument by President Biden.

President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind ...

Frances Perkins was America’s first female member of a presidential cabinet, serving as the secretary of labor throughout Franklin Roosevelt’s 12-year presidency. Her legacies include the 40-hour work ...

“Frances Perkins: A Woman’s Work,” written and performed by Jarice Hanson, tells the story of Perkins, who served as the first woman Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945. Credit: Courtesy Pauline ...

My Frances Perkins bookshelf has become crowded. My favorite acquisitions in recent years include The Courage to Meddle: The Belief of Frances Perkins by Tom Levitt, a former member of the British ...