Homestead of Frances Perkins, ‘a titan of Maine,’ designated national monument
President Joe Biden on Monday designated the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine, a national monument to honor the legacy of the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and longest-serving secretary of labor.
Worcester's Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member, gets national monument in Maine
Far from the woods of Maine and the government buildings of Washington, Frances Perkins grew up at 18 Cottage St. in Worcester. She attended the Oxford Street School and Classical High School in Worcester (later merged into Doherty Memorial High School).
President Biden designates new national monument at Frances Perkins Center in Maine
President Joe Biden has designated a new national monument in Maine honoring the country's first female cabinet secretary Frances Perkins. Perkins, a native of Massachusetts, was a key architect of some of nation's most sweeping labor laws and reforms.
The outgoing Democratic president signed the proclamation establishing the monument in Newcastle, Maine, after a speech at ...
Now the National Park Service is honoring her legacy with America’s newest national park, Frances Perkins National Monument ...
President Biden is set to designate a national monument in Maine commemorating pioneering former Labor Secretary Frances ...
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