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Frances Perkins: Breaking a Barrier In-Person
Frances Perkins led a long life of service. First working in Chicago at Jane Addams Hull House, she was inspired to become an activist by witnessing the Triangle Factory Fire tragedy in 1911. She worked in NY State government under Governors Al Smith and FDR. When FDR became President in 1933, he brought Perkins to Washington, D.C. where she became the first woman to serve in a President's Cabinet. During her term there she helped to create the Social Security Act. Please join MCC professor of history, Mark Sample, as he tells the story of this forgotten, but important, woman in history.
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Community Room
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Adult Program
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