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Frances Perkins was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet Secretary of Labor while FDR was in office. Frances was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate that believed in advocating and helping the American people. Graduating from the University of Columbia her thesis was the focus on women's suffrage.

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1912-1915: Primary investigator for the state of New York state factory investigation commission.
1918: First executive secretary of Maternity Center Association.
1933: Appointed the first woman of the U.S. Secretary of Labor by President FDR.
1933-1945: Social Security Act, establishing pension for older Americans, unemployment insurance, instrumental in creating New Deal Programs, restrictions on child labor, assisted in improving work conditions through union/employers conferences, U.S. membership immigration efforts, and saved thousands of refugees by limiting deportations to Nazi Germany.

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Frances Perkins- what to do about unemployment. 

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Frances Perkins- what to do about unemployment. 

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Accomplishments influencing the social work profession: 

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Frances Perkins had a huge impact of the American system of social justice. Perkins believed in creating new jobs to help with the unemployment rates that were rising as well as providing aid for seniors to include pension, survivor benefits, child laws, and minimum wage rates. Frances Perkins was the longest U.S. Secretary of Labor serving for twelves years from 1933-1945. Frances Perkins was a trailblazers who believed and  who played an important role in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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History of Social Work. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://historyofsocialwork.org/eng/details.php?cps=10&canon_id=178

Frances Perkins photos. (n.d.). Retrieved May 26, 2020, from https://www.google.com/search?q=frances+perkins+photos+in+action&client=firefox-b-1-d&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=fHRggiWMmZCh6M%3A%2CEl0XzZmIYVL8SM%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSBfkaeuXMb0_SuUkZfLytPwHqZEA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfrpiDidPpAhUOIjQIHQ7SBy0Q9QEwAXoECAkQBw