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FDR's administration was beneficial for organized labor. FDR needed the support of labor, and labor needed the support of the national government. Francis Perkins, the first women cabinet member, was appointed as Secretary of Labor and she successfully promoted many elements that became part of the New Deal and helpful to labor.
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Was Franklin Roosevelt's secretary of labor the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet?
Yes - her name was Frances Perklins.
Who was the first woman to be appointed to a cabinet position?
In 1990, Dr. Antonia Coello Novello was appointed by President George H.W. Bush as the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as Surgeon General. She was the sister-in-law of Don Novello, who appeared as Father Guido Sarducci on "Saturday Night Live." She served as Surgeon General until mid-1993.
Was Frances Perkins the Secretary of Labor who promoted the idea of lowering the number of hours worked per week so that some of the unemployed people could find jobs?
Yes, when the stock market crashed, unemployment skyrocketed. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt, proposed shortening the work week to create new jobs. She also worked to end child labor.
What year did the first woman serve in president's cabinet?
Franklin Roosevelt was the first President to appoint a woman to his cabinet. In 1933 he appointed Frances Perkins to be Secretary of Labor. (The next president to appoint a women to his cabinet was Dwight Eisenhower in 1953.)Before that, she was appointed by FDR as New York's industrial commissioner when he was still the governor. She gained much respect in as a result of leading progressive reform and championing minimum wages and unemployment insurance laws.In the United States, Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her Secretary of Labor in 1933.
Who was the secretary of labor who chaired committee that authored the social security act?
Frances Perkins
Which person served as president roosevelts Secretary of labor and was a strong supporter of many of the new deal reforms?
Frances Perkins
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor?
Frances Perkins was the secretary of labor from March 4, 1933 to June 30, 1945 which the president at the time was Franklin D. Roosevelt
Was Ulysses S Grant the president when the secretary of Labor was named?
No. The first Labor Secretary served under Woodrow Wilson.
Who was President when Frances Perkins was Secretary of Labor?
= Franklin D. Roosevelt =
Which president appointed Frances Perkins?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first female cabinet-member, Frances Perkins, as US Secretary of Labor. She served from 1933-1945.
Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt's appointment of secretary of labor significant?
Does this kid go to palmer?
What department was the first to have a female secretary?
The Department of Labor. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor in 1933, and she remained in that office until the end of his presidency in 1945.
Who was the first women to hold a cabinet post?
Francis Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman in a US Cabinet, appointed as Secretary of Labor by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. She served until June 30, 1945.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet?
Frances Perkins
Who was the first woman appointed to a cabinet post in the federal government (Secretary of Labor)?
You are asking about Frances Perkins, who served as US Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945; she was appointed to that post by President Franklin Roosevelt. (An interesting fact about her was that she was one of the few women back then to keep her name; she was married, but always used "Frances Perkins" rather than Mrs. Paul Wilson.)
Was Franklin Roosevelt's secretary of labor the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet?
Yes - her name was Frances Perklins.
Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet of the president FDR?
Frances Perkins, who served as Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945.
