| Frances Perkins  AKA Fannie Coralie Perkins
Born: 10-Apr-1882
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 14-May-1965
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Newcastle, NY
Gender: Female
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government Nationality: United States
Executive summary: First female US cabinet member Served as the first female in a presidential cabinet, under Franklin D. Roosevelt as Labor Secretary for his entire term. Father: Frederick Winslow Perkins
Mother: Susan Wright
Husband: Paul Caldwell Wilson (statistician, m. 1913, one daughter)
Daughter: Susanna
University: BA, Sociology & Economics, Mount Holyoke College (1902)
University: Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania
University: MA Sociology, Columbia University (1910)
US Secretary of Labor (1933-45)
New York State Official New York Industrial Commission (1929-33)
New York State Official New York Industrial Board (1922-33, as Chairman 1926-29)
New York State Official New York Industrial Commission (1919-21)
New York Council of Organization for War Service (1917-19)
Commission of Safety (New York) Executive Secretary
Research and Protective Association (Philadelphia) Secretary
Hull House (Chicago)
US Official Civil Service Commission (1946-53)
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Author of books:
Women As Employers (1919)
A Social Experiment Under The Workmen's Compensation Jurisdiction (1921)
People At Work (1934)
The Roosevelt I Knew (1946)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #1821 (15 cents, issued 10-Apr-1980)
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