Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of Labor, is shown before the Senate Labor Committee lending her support to the Wagner Bill, which would create a permanent labor board, in Washington, D.C., March ...

Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, center, wears a steel helmet during an inspection tour of the San Francisco tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, in California, March 25, 1935.

Frances Perkins was America’s first female member of a presidential cabinet, serving as the secretary of labor throughout Franklin Roosevelt’s 12-year presidency. Her legacies include the 40 ...

If you work for a living, you owe every comfort—every safety measure, every break, every vacation day—to Frances Perkins, the nation's first-ever woman to serve as a Cabinet secretary.

Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins chats with reporters in New York, Nov. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, ...

An appropriate book to read during Labor Day weekend would be "Frances Perkins: Champion of the New Deal." Of course, it can be found in the stacks of the Frances M. Perkins Branch of the ...

Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins chats with reporters in New York, Nov. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, ...

Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins chats with reporters in New York, Nov. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a ...

Former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins chats with reporters in New York, Nov. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File) “Frances Perkins accepted the position as the first female Cabinet member only ...