After serving as director of the New York Council of Organization for War Services, she was appointed to the New York State Industrial Commission and later to the Industrial Board.
After serving as director of the New York Council of Organization for War Services, she was appointed to the New York State Industrial Commission and later to the Industrial Board. With the onset of the Great Depression, she became a prominent advocate for unemployment compensation and governmental involvement in economy. She helped draft the Social Security Act and supervised the Fair Labor Standards Act under FDR. FTP, identify this secretary of labor, the first woman to be appointed to a Cabinet post.
After serving as director of the New York Council of Organization for War Services, she was appointed to the New York State Industrial Commission and later to the Industrial Board.
Frances {Perkins}