The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and his moral conscience
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- ISBN: 9780385513654
- ISBN: 0385513658
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
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General Note: | Given in Memory of Amanda Shetlar by Janet Hunter Ouzts. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-444) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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