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050	0	0	_aHD8073.P38 _bD69 2009
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100	1		_aDowney, Kirstin
245	1	4	_aThe woman behind the New Deal _b: the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience _c/ Kirstin Downey
260			_aNew York _b: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday _c, c2009.
300			_axiii, 458 p., [16] p. of plates _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [433]-444) and index.
505	0		_aChildhood and youth -- Becoming Frances Perkins -- The young activist hits New York -- The Triangle Shirtwaist fire -- Finding allies in Tammany Hall -- Teddy Roosevelt and Frances Perkins -- A good match -- Married life -- Motherhood -- The indomitable Al Smith -- FDR and Al Smith -- With the Roosevelts in Albany -- FDR becomes president -- Frances becomes Secretary of Labor -- The pioneer -- Skeletons in the Labor Department closet -- Jump-starting the economy -- At home with Mary Harriman -- Blue Eagle: a first try at "civilizing capitalism" -- Refugees and regulations -- Rebuilding the house of labor -- Labor shakes off its slumber -- The union movement revitalizes and splits apart -- Social Security -- Family problems -- Court-packing, wages, and hours -- Impeachment -- War clouds and refugees -- Frances and Franklin -- Madness, misalliances, and a nude bisexual water sprite -- The war comes -- Last days of the Roosevelt administration -- Harry Truman -- The Truman administration -- Communism -- End of the Truman era -- Many transitions -- Last days.
520			_aFrances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, at the height of the Great Depression, she spearheaded the fight to improve the lives of America's working people while juggling her own family responsibilities. Perkins's ideas became the cornerstones of the most important social welfare legislation in the nation's history, including unemployment compensation, child labor laws, the forty-hour work week, and Social Security. Also, as head of the Immigration Service, she fought to bring European refugees to safety. Based on eight years of research, extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to family and friends, this is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society.--From publisher description.
600	1	0	_aPerkins, Frances _d, 1880-1965
610	1	0	_aUnited States _b. Department of Labor _v--Biography
650		0	_aWomen cabinet officers _z--United States _v--Biography
650		0	_aWomen social reformers _z--United States _v--Biography
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