the woman behind the new deal by kirstin downey

Kirstin Downey is a contributor to The Washington Post, where she was a staff writer from 1988 to 2008, winning press association awards for her business and economic reporting. Downey responded to questions from members of the audience at this noon event in the Mumford Room of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. During her tenure, Frances Perkins was responsible for promoting public works and employment projects, which included the mandation of the 40-hour workweek, the creation of Social Security, and child labor laws.

Roosevelt’s secretary of labor and the first female Cabinet secretary. Frances Perkins was President Franklin D. Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins's own, award-winning journalist Kirstin Downey gives us a riveting exploration of how and why Perkins slipped into historical oblivion, and restores Perkins to her proper place in history.T08:01:19-04:00 Kirstin Downey talked about her biography The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience (Nan A. Her greatest triumph was creating Social Security. Perkins's ideas became the cornerstones of the most important social welfare and legislation in the nation's history, including unemployment compensation, child labor laws, and the forty-hour work week. After writing an award-winning biography of Frances Perkins (The Woman Behind the New Deal), former Washington Post reporter Kirstin Downey turns her. Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kirstin Downey 4.2 (14) eBook 12.99 Hardcover 35.00 eBook 12.99 Audiobook 0.00 View All Available Formats & Editions Sign in to Purchase Instantly Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. As the first female cabinet secretary, she spearheaded the fight to improve the lives of America's working people while juggling her own complex family responsibilities.

Based on extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to Perkins's family members and friends, this biography is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society.įrances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century.

The woman behind the new deal by kirstin downey