Frances Perkins

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frances_Perkins
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Mount_Holyoke_College
gptkbp:birthDate 1880-04-10
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Fannie_Coralie_Perkins
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath stroke
gptkbp:child gptkb:Susanna_Wilson
gptkbp:deathDate 1965-05-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:firstBook first female U.S. Cabinet member
gptkbp:honor National Women's Hall of Fame inductee
Labor Hall of Honor inductee
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frances Perkins
gptkbp:influenced labor policy in the United States
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Florence_Kelley
gptkb:Jane_Addams
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:New_Deal
unemployment insurance
labor reforms
minimum wage laws
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Social_Security_Act
gptkbp:occupation politician
sociologist
labor rights advocate
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:United_States_Secretary_of_Labor
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Newcastle,_Maine,_United_States
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:signature Frances Perkins signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Paul_Caldwell_Wilson
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Frances_Perkins_Center
biographies
gptkbp:termEnd 1945
gptkbp:termStart 1933
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Deal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3