The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience
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- ISBN: 9780385513654
- ISBN: 0385513658
- ISBN: 9781400078561
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xiii, 458 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-444) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Childhood 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. |
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Subject: | Perkins, Frances 1880-1965 United States. Dept. of Labor Biography Women cabinet officers United States Biography Women social reformers United States Biography |
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Flint River Regional Library System: Peachtree City Library |
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