A Woman Unafraid: The Achievements Of Frances Perkins - Couverture souple

Colman, Penny

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ISBN 10 : 1450207731 ISBN 13 : 9781450207737

Editeur : iUniverse, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor in 1933 during the greatest economic crisis in American history-the Great Depression. At that time, women weren't supposed to have careers, or be outspoken, or be powerful. Bur that did not stop Frances Perkins. With her familiar tricorn hat planted firmly on her head, Perkins prodded, pressured, and persuaded businessmen, labor leaders, and politicians to respond to the needs of the American people and end child labor, establish safer working conditions, fairer wages, reasonable working hours, unemployment insurance, and Social Security. Dedicated, disciplined, often controversial, Frances Perkins exerted a far-ranging influence on twentieth-century America. To accomplish things, she said, ''You just can't be afraid.''

Biographie de l'auteur

PENNY COLMAN is the author of many award-winning books, including Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II and Adventurous Women: Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference. She is a distinguished lecturer at Queens College, the City University of New York.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1450207731
• ISBN 13: 9781450207737
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144