Date: 2010-03-24
Scholar Led Book Discussion: “The Power of Ideas: High Achievers”
7:00pm.Title: The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience. by Kirstin Downey.Guest Speaker: Prof. Jon Huibregste, Chair, Dept. of History, Framingham State CollegeModerator: Dr. Mary Murphy, past president of the History Center.In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt named Frances Perkins as the first female Secretary of Labor. She worked tirelessly to improve the working lives of Americans, while juggling personal and family responsibilities. Her ideas became the cornerstones of historic changes in social welfare, including: unemployment compensation, child labor laws, and the forty-hour workweek. Copies of the book are available at both libraries. Refreshments. Framingham Public Library, Costin Room, 49 Lexington Steet.
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