She gained her most fame, however, with Smith's successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt.  
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, she attended Mount Holyoke and received a Master's degree in social work from Columbia University.  As head of the New York City Consumer's League, she became acquainted with Al Smith, and worked for Smith when he became governor in 1919.  She gained her most fame, however, with Smith's successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt.  FTP, name this woman tapped by Roosevelt to be his Secretary of Labor in 1933, thereby becoming the first ever woman cabinet member.
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, she attended Mount Holyoke and received a Master's degree in social work from Columbia University.  
Frances Perkins