Frances Perkins Center

FRANCES PERKINS

hONORING AND PRESERVING THE LEGACY of the woman behind the new deal

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FDR’s Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve as a cabinet secretary, was the driving force behind the New Deal.

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Homestead gifts support the preservation of this National Historic Landmark's buildings, gardens, and trails.

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Sharing her commitment to the principle that government should provide all its people with the best possible life.

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FRANCES PERKINS

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

The Frances Perkins Homestead, a fifty-seven-acre National Historic Landmark, a saltwater farm in the nation’s northeast corner, is a tangible reminder that America is intended to be a vast homestead for all its people, a lively household for one and all, and that concern for the common good should govern our life together. Reflecting on Frances Perkins’ commitment to the principle that “government should provide all its people with the best possible life,” we believe that her Homestead and our idea of the nation as “homestead for all” can help us bolster important American values where the strength of our nation resides in its diversity.