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Why was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's appointment of Frances Perkins significant?
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She was the first woman ever appointed to a Presiden's cabinet. As such, she opened the door for other female appointees to the cabinet and elsewhere in government.
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Which person served as president roosevelts Secretary of labor and was a strong supporter of many of the new deal reforms?
Frances Perkins
What is the name of the son who died and was born to Benjamin Franklin?
frances
Who was President when Frances Perkins was Secretary of Labor?
= Franklin D. Roosevelt =
What has the author Frances Bromiley written?
Frances Bromiley has written: 'The history and organization of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York' -- subject(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
What has the author Frances Bransten Rothmann written?
Frances Bransten Rothmann has written: 'The Haas sisters of Franklin Street' -- subject(s): Biography
Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet?
Frances Perkins
What were Rosalind Franklin parent's names?
Her father was Ellis Arthur Franklin (1894-1964), a London merchant banker and her mother was Muriel Frances Waley (1894-1976).
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.
Who was the second president to appoint a woman to his cabinet?
The second female cabinet appointment came from President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 when he appointed Oveta Culp Hobby the Secretary of Helth, Education and Welfare. The first President to appoint a woman was Franklin Roosevelt (Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, 1933).
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 Franklin Roosevelt's secretary of labor the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet?
Yes - her name was Frances Perklins.
What were Rosalind Franklin's parents names?
Her father was Ellis Arthur Franklin (1894-1964), a London merchant banker and her mother was Muriel Frances Waley (1894-1976).
