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Learn more about the life and legacy of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve as cabinet secretary. This program is open to adults and teens. Teens must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor, Frances was instrumental in creating policies that strengthened the country's economy and helped bring an end to the Great Depression. Ultimately, these policies created the economic environment that established the modern middle class. Rising from humble New England origins, Frances became the leading advocate for industrial

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