Frances Perkins Homestead and lunch out
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Join us as we travel to the Frances Perkins Homestead, now a National Historic Landmark. Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve as the a cabinet secretary, was the driving force behind the New Deal, credited with formulating policies to shore up the national economy following the nation's most serious economic crisis and helping to create the modern middle class.
In February, 1933, President-elect Roosevelt asked Frances Perkins to serve in his cabinet as Secretary of Labor, she outlined for him a set of policy priorities she would pursue: a 40-hour work week; a minimum wage; unemployment compensation; worker’s compensation; abolition of child labor; direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief; Social Security; a revitalized federal employment service; and universal health insurance. She made it clear to Roosevelt that his agreement with these priorities was a condition of her joining his cabinet. Roosevelt said he endorsed them all, and Frances Perkins became the first woman in the nation to serve in a Presidential cabinet.
After our tour we will get lunch at a local eatery on our way back to Yarmouth. (not included in fee)
