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Book Synopsis Reminiscences of Frances Perkins by : Frances Perkins
Download or read book Reminiscences of Frances Perkins written by Frances Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black bill; relief; Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration; Russian recognition; New York election of 1934; background of National Recovery Administration; Title II; administrative committees; Section 7(a) and textile code; coal and steel codes; Atlanta speech; National Labor Relations Board; Avondale strike; automobile workers; Toledo strike; Akron sitdown strike; General Motors strike, 1937; steel strike; San Francisco longshoremen's strike; election of 1936; Walsh-Healy Act; Schechter case; Supreme Court fight; Communist Party; outbreak of World War II; third term issue; election of 1940; cabinet reorganization; Department of Labor preparing for war; Advisory Commission to the Council for National Defense; Lend-Lease; Cabinet Propaganda Committee; Pearl Harbor; labor and manpower in wartime; President Harry Truman; Civil Service Commission, International Labor Office.
Book Synopsis The Woman Behind the New Deal by : Kirstin Downey
Download or read book The Woman Behind the New Deal written by Kirstin Downey and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kirstin Downey’s lively, substantive and—dare I say—inspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates Perkins’ career but also deepens the known contradictions of Roosevelt’s character.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s closest friends and the first female secretary of labor, Perkins capitalized on the president’s political savvy and popularity to enact most of the Depression-era programs that are today considered essential parts of the country’s social safety network.
Book Synopsis Thanks to Frances Perkins by : Deborah Hopkinson
Download or read book Thanks to Frances Perkins written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging picture book biography of Frances Perkins, the activist and first female United States cabinet member who created the Social Security program. From award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson. At 31, Frances Perkins witnessed the Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911, one of the worst industrial disasters in United States history. The event forever changed her, and she dedicated herself to the fight for workers' rights. When she became Secretary of Labor in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration, she had the opportunity to make real her bold vision of a country where no one is left out and everyone is protected. Thanks to her efforts, we have the Social Security program, a move that changed Americans' lives for generations to come. Deborah Hopkinson's energetic text and Kristy Caldwell's appealing illustrations unite to tell Perkins' fascinating story as well as introduce early concepts of financial literacy, the Social Security Act, and the New Deal. Back matter features more information about Frances Perkins, Social Security, and resources for economic education.
Book Synopsis The Roosevelt I Knew by : Frances Perkins
Download or read book The Roosevelt I Knew written by Frances Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Woman Behind the New Deal by : Kirstin Downey
Download or read book The Woman Behind the New Deal written by Kirstin Downey and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kirstin Downey’s lively, substantive and—dare I say—inspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates Perkins’ career but also deepens the known contradictions of Roosevelt’s character.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s closest friends and the first female secretary of labor, Perkins capitalized on the president’s political savvy and popularity to enact most of the Depression-era programs that are today considered essential parts of the country’s social safety network.
Book Synopsis The Only Woman in the Photo by : Kathleen Krull
Download or read book The Only Woman in the Photo written by Kathleen Krull and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the incredible life of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet and the mastermind behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, in this fascinating picture book biography that’s perfect for fans of I Dissent. Most people know about President FDR, but do you know the woman who created his groundbreaking New Deal? As a young girl, Frances Perkins was very shy and quiet. But her grandmother encouraged Frances to always challenge herself. When somebody opens a door to you, go forward. And so she did. Frances realized she had to make her voice heard, even when speaking made her uncomfortable, and use it to fight injustice and build programs to protect people across the nation. So when newly-elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt finally asked Frances to be the first female Secretary of Labor and help pull the nation out of the Great Depression, she knew she had to walk through that open door and forward into history. In this empowering, inspirational biography, discover how the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet led the charge to create the safety net that protects American workers and their families to this day.
Book Synopsis Saul Bellow's Heart by : Greg Bellow
Download or read book Saul Bellow's Heart written by Greg Bellow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of the Nobel Prize-winning author of Humboldt's Gift describes the early, lighthearted years of his father's life, before his hardened social views created a rift that lead to a difficult relationship between them.
Book Synopsis Harry H. Woodring by : Keith D. McFarland
Download or read book Harry H. Woodring written by Keith D. McFarland and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The names of most of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinet members are well known. Anyone familiar with FDR’s administration will remember Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Cordell Hull, Harold Ickes, Frances Perkins, Henry Wallace, and James Farley. One member of that circle, however, has remained a virtual unknown: Harry H. Woodring, the recalcitrant Secretary of War who was forced by Roosevelt to resign from the cabinet. It is doubtful that the story of any of Roosevelt’s cabinet members is more interesting than that of Woodring. With the breakdown of world peace in the 1930s, the matter of national defense became a major concern, and the United States military establishment became increasingly important. Woodring’s role in Washington during this time was a critical one; his dealings with Roosevelt were extensive, and on many key issues his influence was considerable. Why, then, his lack of notoriety? The simple fact is that until now almost nothing has been written of Woodring’s service as Secretary of War. He was one of the few individuals closely associated with Roosevelt who did not write an autobiography, memoirs, or some other personal account of what took place during those years. Keith D. McFarland is the first scholar to have had access to Woodring’s personal papers. Drawing from this new material, as well as from Woodring’s official correspondence and from personal interviews with the members of Woodring’s immediate family and dozens of Woodring’s associates, he provides in this volume the careful study that has long been needed. McFarland first traces Woodring’s early political career in Kansas. As a Democratic Governor from 1931 to 1933, Woodring worked successfully with the Republican-dominated legislature to alleviate many of the physical and economic hardships facing residents of the state during the Depression, Nevertheless, he lost his bid for re-election to Alf M. Landon. When Roosevelt won the presidency that same year, he appointed Woodring as Assistant Secretary of War. Woodring served the country well on the national level. He was influential to expanding the Army Air Corps and in making practical the Army’s industrial and military mobilization plans. After the death of George Dern in 1936, Roosevelt demonstrated his confidence in Woodring by appointing him Secretary of War. The conflict between Woodring and the President arose over the sending of American military supplies and equipment to foreign nations. It was Woodring’s job as secretary of War to see that the War Department adhered to the neutrality legislation of the 1930s. Roosevelt believed that the United States should aid the enemies of Hitler, even if such action did not adhere to the spirit of the neutrality legislation. Upon the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, FDR did everything he could to supply Britain and France with American arms and munitions. Woodring was caught between is loyalty and devotion to the President and his sincere belief that the chief executive’s program would endanger the nation’s security. Maintaining that it was tactically unsound to give away supplies at a time when the U.S. Army was in desperate need of such items, Woodring made concerted efforts to prevent the implementation of FDR’s program. The President was forced to ask him to resign. Few American Presidents have been more respected and admired than Frankoin D. Roosevelt. There has been a tendency to disregard, ignore, or ridicule those administrative officials who disagreed with his actions and objectives. In relating the viewpoint of a distinguished, patriotic American who strongly opposed FDR’s policies and tried to change them, this book provides a clearer understanding of politics and government in pre-World War II America.
Book Synopsis Steeped in Stories by : Mitali Perkins
Download or read book Steeped in Stories written by Mitali Perkins and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives. But it is never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children's classics can ignite within us. Award-winning children's author Mitali Perkins grew up steeped in stories--escaping into her books on the fire escape of a Flushing apartment building and, later, finding solace in them as she navigated between the cultures of her suburban California school and her Bengali heritage at home. Now Perkins invites us to explore the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times: stories that provide mirrors to our innermost selves and open windows to other worlds. Blending personal narrative, accessible literary criticism, and spiritual and moral formation, Perkins delves into novels by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other literary "uncles" and "aunts" that illuminate the virtuous, abundant life we still desire. These novels are not perfect, and Perkins honestly assesses their critical frailties and flaws related to race, culture, and power. Yet reading or rereading these books as adults can help us build virtue, unmask our vices, and restore our hope. Reconnecting with these stories from childhood isn't merely nostalgia. In an era of uncertainty and despair, they lighten our load and bring us much-needed hope.
Book Synopsis Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching by : Fanny Jackson Coppin
Download or read book Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching written by Fanny Jackson Coppin and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Frances Perkins, that Woman in FDR's Cabinet! by : Lillian Holmen Mohr
Download or read book Frances Perkins, that Woman in FDR's Cabinet! written by Lillian Holmen Mohr and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories - Feminist Fiction by : August Nemo
Download or read book 7 best short stories - Feminist Fiction written by August Nemo and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Feminist Fiction. This book contains the following texts: - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; - The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin; - The Gentle Lena by Gertrude Stein; - The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton; - The Marble Child by Edith Nesbit; - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell; - Bliss by Katherine Mansfield. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
Book Synopsis The Recollections of Rifleman Harris by : Benjamin Randell Harris
Download or read book The Recollections of Rifleman Harris written by Benjamin Randell Harris and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAY Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, where he marched under the burning sun, weighed down by his kit and great-coat, plus all the tools and leather he had to carry as the battalion's cobbler - 'the lapstone I took the liberty of flinging to the Devil'. Rifleman Harris was a natural story-teller with a remarkable tale to unfold, and his Recollections have become one of the most popular military books of all time.
Book Synopsis Madam Secretary, Frances Perkins by : George Whitney Martin
Download or read book Madam Secretary, Frances Perkins written by George Whitney Martin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Frances Perkins, First Woman Cabinet Member, politician, USA - leadership, activities in labour policy, social policy, labour relations, social security, ILO mentioned. Bibliography.
Book Synopsis Madam Secretary by : Elisabeth P. Myers
Download or read book Madam Secretary written by Elisabeth P. Myers and published by Julian Messner. This book was released on 1972 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor, the first woman to be appointed to the United States Cabinet.
Book Synopsis Frances Perkins Collection by : Frances Perkins
Download or read book Frances Perkins Collection written by Frances Perkins and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection consists of an oral history interview, correspondence, a bibliography, subject files, and biographical information relating to Frances Perkins (1880-1965). Primary sources in the collection include a transcript (on microfiche) of an oral history interview of her conducted by the Oral History Research Office at Columbia University between 1951-1955 and four pieces of correspondence written by or addressed to Perkins. The latter items consist of an undated note that she wrote "To FDR" (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) while she was the United States Secretary of Labor, 1933-1945, advising him about the content of a Thanksgiving proclamation; a letter to Perkins from Roosevelt, December 12, 1938, concerning a deportation pardon that she had requested; a letter by her to Hugh Hawkins of Amherst College, September 21, 1961, accompanied by a recollection that Perkins wrote for him concerning Mount Holyoke College President Mary Emma Woolley and the selection of a man to succeed her in that office; and a letter to "Perk," May 27, 1963, from a Mount Holyoke classmate, Charlotte Leavitt Gilpatric, chiefly concerning other members of their class of 1902. The remainder of this collection primarily consists of biographical information about Perkins dating from 1976 to the present. This material includes books, newspaper and journal articles, and published and unpublished biographical studies, sketches and notes. Also included in the collection is a bibliography of writings by or about Perkins prepared by the United States Department of Labor Library in 1937, and several subject files. These files contain material relating to a postage stamp of Perkins issued in 1980 and information about a film and a play based on her life.
Book Synopsis A Christian and a Democrat by : John F. Woolverton
Download or read book A Christian and a Democrat written by John F. Woolverton and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when asked at a press conference about the roots of his political philosophy, responded simply, “I am a Christian and a Democrat.” This is the story of how the first informed the second—how his upbringing in the Episcopal Church and matriculation at the Groton School under legendary educator and minister Endicott Peabody molded Roosevelt into a leader whose politics were fundamentally shaped by the Social Gospel. A work begun by religious historian John Woolverton (1926 2014) and recently completed by James Bratt, A Christian and a Democrat is an engaging analysis of the surprisingly spiritual life of one of the most consequential presidents in US history. Reading Woolverton’s account of FDR’s response to the toxic demagoguery of his day will reassure readers today that a constructive way forward is possible for Christians, for Americans, and for the world.
