Frances Perkins, FDR’s labor secretary , to be celebrated in NYC tomorrow
Wednesday, 01/13/2010 - 6:58 am by Lynn Parramore | Post a Comment
On Thursday, Jan. 14, join me from 4pm - 8:30pm at the Harvard Club of NYC (35 West 44th St.) to honor one of the most inspiring women of the original New Deal.
Frances Perkins, who was secretary of labor for the 12 years of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency and the first woman to hold a Cabinet post, will be celebrated in film, food, art & discussion. The event, “Frances Perkins and Social Security” will feature a line-up of historians, authors, and policy experts to talk with about Social Security, Frances Perkins’s work to get it passed, and the threat it faces today. There’ll be a great reception with lots of delicious food and drink, capped off with the premiere of a new short documentary by Karenna Gore Schiff and Catherine Corman. Yours truly will be delivering remarks on Perkins’s remarkable achievements.
This is a very important and timely event. Send this message to a friend.
For registration and more information, go to FrancesPerkinsCenter.org/events
(To register by phone: 207-208-8955).
There’s still time, if you register today!
