%0 Journal Article 
%A Arroyo Vázquez, María Luz
%T La labor de Frances Perkins, primera mujer miembro de un gabinete federal estadounidense
%D 2001
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/10647
%X This article examines the work of Frances Perkins, the first woman in a United States
cabinet, appointed Secretary of Labor by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Perkins has
played a crucial role in the U.S. government of the time, her appointment as Secretary of
Labor being a social and political success. In the political aspect, Perkins contributed to the
creation and strengthening of the New Deal, thanks to her dynamic spirit and experience in
many fields of knowledge. Her support given to the American workers favored the signing
of many legislative measures which bettered the existing working conditions and brought
solutions for the crisis lived during those years. This paper aims to highlight her main
contributions to legislation and reforms with which she meant to strive toward the goal of
guaranteeing greater security for the individual.
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