Frances Perkins

Perkins served as the nation's first female Cabinet member from 1933 to 1945. As labor secretary under President Franklin Roosevelt, Perkins helped to design many of the "New Deal" reforms.

Frances Perkins, whose roots were in Maine, is remembered as “the woman behind the New Deal.” As FDR’s Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve as…

PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. Treasury is considering candidates for the woman's face that will appear on the $10 bill in 2020 - in time to celebrate the…

PORTLAND, Maine - The island home of arctic explorer Adm. Robert Peary and the homestead of labor leader Frances Perkins have been designated as national…