Frances Perkins (1880-1965)

America - We found the following video on YouTube concerning the biography of Frances Perkins, and read by what seem to be school girls.

Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Davies, (April 10, 1880[1] May 14, 1965) was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold Ickes were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in offices for his entire presidency.

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