The Resource The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience, Kirstin Downey
The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience, Kirstin Downey
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- Summary
- Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Based on eight years of research, extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to Perkins's family members and friends, this biography is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Childhood and youth
- Becoming Frances Perkins
- The young activist hits New York
- The triangle shirtwaist fire
- Finding allies in Tammany Hall
- Teddy Roosevelt and Frances Perkins
- A good match
- Married life
- Motherhood
- The indomitable Al Smith
- FDR and Al Smith
- With the Roosevelts in Albany
- FDR becomes president
- Frances becomes Secretary of Labor
- The pioneer
- Skeletons in the Labor Department closet
- Jump-starting the economy
- At home with Mary Harriman
- Blue Eagle: a first try at "civilizing capitalism"
- Refugees and regulations
- Rebuilding the house of labor
- Labor shakes off its slumber
- The union movement revitalizes and splits apart
- Social Security
- Family problems
- Court-packing, wages, and hours
- Impeachment
- War clouds and refugees
- Frances and Franklin
- Madness, misalliances, and a nude bisexual water sprite
- The war comes
- Last days of the Roosevelt administration
- Harry Truman
- The Truman administration
- Communism
- End of the Truman era
- Many transitions
- Last days
- Isbn
- 9780385513654
- Label
- The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience
- Title
- The woman behind the New Deal
- Title remainder
- the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience
- Statement of responsibility
- Kirstin Downey
- Title variation
- woman behind the New Deal
- Title variation remainder
- the life of Frances Perkins, FDRs Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Based on eight years of research, extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to Perkins's family members and friends, this biography is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 303054
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Downey, Kirstin
- Dewey number
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- 331.092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD8073.P38
- LC item number
- D69 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Perkins, Frances
- United States
- Women cabinet officers
- Women social reformers
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience
- Label
- The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience, Kirstin Downey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-444) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Childhood and youth -- Becoming Frances Perkins -- The young activist hits New York -- The triangle shirtwaist fire -- Finding allies in Tammany Hall -- Teddy Roosevelt and Frances Perkins -- A good match -- Married life -- Motherhood -- The indomitable Al Smith -- FDR and Al Smith -- With the Roosevelts in Albany -- FDR becomes president -- Frances becomes Secretary of Labor -- The pioneer -- Skeletons in the Labor Department closet -- Jump-starting the economy -- At home with Mary Harriman -- Blue Eagle: a first try at "civilizing capitalism" -- Refugees and regulations -- Rebuilding the house of labor -- Labor shakes off its slumber -- The union movement revitalizes and splits apart -- Social Security -- Family problems -- Court-packing, wages, and hours -- Impeachment -- War clouds and refugees -- Frances and Franklin -- Madness, misalliances, and a nude bisexual water sprite -- The war comes -- Last days of the Roosevelt administration -- Harry Truman -- The Truman administration -- Communism -- End of the Truman era -- Many transitions -- Last days
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385513654
- Lccn
- 2008023208
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 231162915
- (OCoLC)231162915
- Label
- The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience, Kirstin Downey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-444) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Childhood and youth -- Becoming Frances Perkins -- The young activist hits New York -- The triangle shirtwaist fire -- Finding allies in Tammany Hall -- Teddy Roosevelt and Frances Perkins -- A good match -- Married life -- Motherhood -- The indomitable Al Smith -- FDR and Al Smith -- With the Roosevelts in Albany -- FDR becomes president -- Frances becomes Secretary of Labor -- The pioneer -- Skeletons in the Labor Department closet -- Jump-starting the economy -- At home with Mary Harriman -- Blue Eagle: a first try at "civilizing capitalism" -- Refugees and regulations -- Rebuilding the house of labor -- Labor shakes off its slumber -- The union movement revitalizes and splits apart -- Social Security -- Family problems -- Court-packing, wages, and hours -- Impeachment -- War clouds and refugees -- Frances and Franklin -- Madness, misalliances, and a nude bisexual water sprite -- The war comes -- Last days of the Roosevelt administration -- Harry Truman -- The Truman administration -- Communism -- End of the Truman era -- Many transitions -- Last days
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385513654
- Lccn
- 2008023208
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 231162915
- (OCoLC)231162915
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