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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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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the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience

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Kirstin Downey

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• trueThe woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience

Publication

• New York, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2009

Copyright

• ©2009

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-444) and index

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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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

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25 cm

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xiii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates

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9780385513654

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2008023208

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• n

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illustrations

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567230

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• 231162915
• (OCoLC)231162915