How a woman with Maine roots improved the lives of millions
If you like Social Security and the minimum wage, be grateful to Frances Perkins Author: Rob Caldwell Updated: 4:38 PM EST December 22, 2020 NEWCASTLE, Maine — As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, a professor at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts gave his all-female class an unusual assignment. These young women, many of whom had grown up with wealth and privilege, were instructed to visit a nearby factory to see how the other half lived. What Frances Perkins saw shocked her. Her family had deep roots in Maine and lived on a saltwater farm...
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