Educator Rose Lopez on Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation--United States.

Labor laws and legislation.

Social security--United States.

Social security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Look What SHE Did!, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

If you are grateful for Social Security, the minimum wage and Unemployment Insurance, thank the remarkable FRANCES PERKINS. As a young woman, she witnessed the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which set her on a mission for labor rights she would pursue her entire life. After working with Jane Addams in the Settlement Houses in Chicago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tapped Frances to be his Secretary of Labor. She agreed only after he accepted her demands to prioritize rights for workers, including child labor laws, safe working conditions and the 40-hour work week - becoming the first woman ever in the US presidential cabinet. Educator ROSE LOPEZ tells us the story of Frances Perkins and her long-lasting accomplishments for working people. Our storytellers share these astonishing women with us conversationally and unscripted; we fact-check afterwards and note any major discrepancies for accuracy.

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