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Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights

Deborah Hopkinson

Illustrator: Kristy Caldwell

Ages: 6+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Peachtree

ISBN: 978-1-68263-136-2

Keywords: Frances Perkins,, first woman cabinet member, Secretary of Labor, worker's right, reform, labor laws, social security.,

Following heart and mind, Perkins fought for laws for workplace justice. Authentic period illustrations depict FDR's Secretary of Labor, the first female cabinet member. Well referenced.