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On this date
- Ratification of the Constitution
- Inauguration of 26 Preaidents
- South secedes
- 1st Woman in Congress
- 1st Woman in US Cabinet
Only 241 days left 'til next Halloween!
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#Inauguration #JeannetteRankin #FrancesPerkins
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#FrancesPerkins was confirmed in her cabinet post as #SecretaryOfLabor on #ThisDayInHistory in 1933, the same day as the inauguration of #FDR. Perkins was the first female Cabinet minister, championing the 40-hour week, #MinimumWage, unemployment relief, and #UniversalHealthCare.
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Excellent 🧵about a truly outstanding, profoundly effective human being whose life work and legacy have uplifted hundreds of millions. All praise to #FrancesPerkins! #LaborHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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#FrancesPerkins was a Major Author of #TheNewDeal:
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#FrancesPerkins !!!
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Secretary of Labor #FrancesPerkins said she came to DC in 1933 "for God, #FDR, & the common workingmen." Hear more about the woman known as the "Mother of #SocialSecurity" on this week's podcast — featuring Amanda Hatch, Exec. Director of the #FrancesPerkinsCenter. open.spotify.com/episode/7qdV...
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Always & Forever Support Unions! #FrancesPerkins Thank you @adventurer56.bsky.social for including me! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Know about #FrancesPerkins? Hints: #FDR; #NewDeal; #SocialSecurity; Child Labor; ; Minimum Wage; #UnemploymentCompensation www.npca.org/articles/433...
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Why Frances Perkins?
🐹 Social worker → Secretary of Labor
🐹 First woman in a U.S. Cabinet
🐹 Helped craft Social Security + the FLSA (minimum wage, overtime, child-labor protections) #FrancesPerkins
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Why Frances Perkins?
🐹 Social worker → Secretary of Labor
🐹 First woman in a U.S. Cabinet
🐹 Helped craft Social Security + the FLSA (minimum wage, overtime, child-labor protections) #FrancesPerkins
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TIL how much we have to thank #FrancesPerkins for
#SocialSecurity #minimumwage #unemploymentinsurance #NewDeal
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True History! #WeAreAmericans
#FrancesPerkins
Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Please share #MakeTheCircleLarger
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In #SEPTEMBER 1941
‘Frances Perkins’ ‘Painting for *Fortune* by Arthur Szyk [1894-1951]’
FDR’s Secretary of Labor, first female cabinet secretary and lifelong advocate for workers’ rights from banning child labor to Social Security
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#FrancesPerkins #TheNewDeal
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Happy Labor Day, Hopeful! Hard to celebrate right now. I celebrate 🎉 #FrancesPerkins every Labor Day!
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Goodnight Brenda and #BreakfastCrew friends! My favorite part of every Labor Day is thinking about and remembering the remarkable #FrancesPerkins! Sweet Dreams! 😴 😘💤🌙
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Thank you @mzmiamaria.bsky.social for including me in your "Strengthen Our Bluesky Community" Pack of 💙 resister friends. Followed & Sharing! #StrongerTogether! Celebrating #FrancesPerkins today! go.bsky.app/QpN6zrC
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@hopeful66.bsky.social has released her Labor Day Packs! Hopeful Labors every single day to build our 💙 Means Everyone Community. I followed All in Roll Call 3 and you should too! Sharing because we are #StrongerTogether #FrancesPerkins 💙💙🙏🙏💜💜https://go.bsky.app/R2cuCmy
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@hopeful66.bsky.social has released her Labor Day Packs! Hopeful Labors every single day to build our 💙 Means Everyone Community. I follow All in Roll Call 1 and you should too! #StrongerTogether #FrancesPerkins 💙💙🙏🙏💜💜https://go.bsky.app/9yMtSZB
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Jackie! @sentenne.bsky.social Thank you my friend and fellow resister for including me in your #WorkersOfAmericaUnite pack of 💙💙 #unherdable resisters! I celebrate every Labor Day in honor of #FrancesPerkins and knowing that she is screaming from the grave 😱. Followed & Sharing. go.bsky.app/DzP3xkT
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#FrancesPerkins is screaming from her grave!
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Good morning, Bill! So glad to be here! Labor Day always makes me think of #FrancesPerkins!
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Good morning, Brenda, #BreakfastCrew and #BlueCrew
We must always #SupportLabor
#FrancesPerkins is shouting from her grave!
Support our children and #PublicEducation because the Orange Fascist has sent it back to the 1950's 😡😡😡
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Good morning Linda @cardwell4u.bsky.social We must Always support Labor! #FrancesPerkins is rolling in her grave! Honored to be included in your #SupportLabor pack of 💙💙 resisters. Was Following All but 1 and now follow All! Sharing as we are #StrongerTogether go.bsky.app/MFJg8DX
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"Nobody puts Baby in a corner." "Dirty Dancing"'s Frances "Baby" Houseman, named for Frances Perkins. Her movie Dad, Dr. Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach), says so. #FrancesPerkins @jenrubin.bsky.social
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#SocialSecurity #HappyBirthday #FrancesPerkins #UnemploymentInsurance #Workweek #Overtime - this woman had chops #Leadership en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...
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August 14, 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act (SSA) into law, creating unemployment compensation, old-age benefits and aid to dependent children.
August 14, 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act (SSA) into law, creating unemployment compensation, old-age benefits and aid to dependent children.
August 14, 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act (SSA) into law, creating unemployment compensation, old-age benefits and aid to dependent children.
#SocialSecurityAct #FrancesPerkins
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Frances Perkins, first woman in a U.S. Cabinet & a social worker, helped create Social Security. 90 years later, her vision is under attack. Protecting it is the fight she’d still be leading today.
#FrancesPerkins #SocialSecurity90
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