create new deal legislation including social security, unemployment insurance and the minimum wage. the author spoke at the ninth annual book festival which is library of congress hosted on the national mall. this is very interesting and personally meaningful to me because the genesis of my entire book, which is the woman behind the new deal. it s the life of francis perkins i ll explain to you how that happened. and much of the research was done at library of congress which is sponsoring today s events. it s a wonderful institution. the beautiful buildings, there s such important research materials there. and it s all available free. these public access libraries are really one of the things that make our nation great. and i m very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such wonderful material. now, this is a self-selecting crowd. i know some of you already know who francis perkins is. but a lot of people don t. so let s start by
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