OK, quick quiz:
Q: Who has been the US’s longest-serving Secretary of Labor?
Q: Who created the Immigration and Naturalization Service?
Q: Who is the U.S. Labor Department’s headquarters in Washington DC named for?
Q: Who was an eyewitness of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911?
Q: Who is buried in Newcastle Maine with the headstone “Mrs. Paul Wilson”?
A: FRANCES PERKINS, 1880-1965
Amazing, intriguing, astonishing? You bet. Frances Perkins has affected the life of every American, yet few can come up with her name or would believe the long list of her accomplishments.
That could change, starting with YOU, on Sunday, February 22 at 3 PM. That’s when we welcome Mary Reid of the Frances Perkins Center to Old Town House. She’ll bring us a presentation about Frances Perkins, including a documentary about this extraordinary woman. Come join us!
