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Frances Perkins Traveling Exhibit at Massachusetts State House
On Display for Viewing from February 3 through February 7, Free and Open to the Public
The Frances Perkins Center invites the public to a showing of a five-panel traveling exhibit on the Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins. Thanks to Senate President Karen Spilka, the exhibit will be on display concurrent with a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National League of Women Voters. Participants in the Massachusetts League’s nationwide day of action event, Women Power the Vote on February 6 at the State House Room 428, are encouraged to see the exhibit which will be on view outside the House Gallery on the 4th floor.
Sarah Peskin, Perkins Center board chair, said: "We thank Senate President Karen Spilka and the Needham League of Women Voters for helping us to share the story of Frances Perkins, a great American, in the city of her birth. A proud New Englander, she honed her skills as a young worker in the suffrage movement, devoting her long life to improving the lives of others. She was an active supporter of the League of Women Voters throughout her career of public service."
LOCATION: Massachusetts State House, 4th Floor - House Gallery
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DATE: February 3 – 7, 2020
TIME: 8 AM to 5 PM
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FREE & Open to the Public
About Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins (1880-1965), the first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet, was Secretary of Labor (1933-1945) for the entire tenure of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Perkins was the driving force behind many of the groundbreaking New Deal programs that are still the foundation of the American social safety net — Social Security, unemployment insurance, the 40-hour work week, and the minimum wage. Born in Boston, educated in the public schools of Worcester, and a graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, she spent summers throughout her life at her ancestral family homestead, a saltwater farm in Newcastle, Maine, now a National Historic Landmark owned by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Frances Perkins Center.
About the Frances Perkins Center
The Frances Perkins Center is dedicated to honoring and preserving the legacy of the woman behind the New Deal by continuing Frances Perkins’ work for social and economic justice and by preserving for future generations her nationally significant family homestead in Newcastle, Maine.
To learn more about the Frances Perkins Center, call (207) 563-3374, email info@francesperkinscenter.org, or visit www.FrancesPerkinsCenter.org.
About bringing this Educational Opportunity to You
Support by Historic New England, Newman’s Own Foundation, Maine Humanities Council, Maine Community Foundation, and others make it possible to bring the traveling exhibit to venues across the country with no associated fees. The goal is to bring this educational opportunity to students and groups to learn about Frances Perkins, her remarkable role in our national history, and how her accomplishments continue to benefit all Americans today. If your school or organization is interested in showing the exhibit and a related 30-minute film, please contact the Frances Perkins Center at info@francesperkinscenter.org or by calling 207-563-3374.
Contact: Michael Chaney 207-563-3374 (office) mchaney@francesperkinscenter.org
