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PRE - NEW DEAL CAREER OF FRANCES PERKINS, 1880-1932

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Date Issued:
1975
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This thesis examines the career of Frances Perkins prior to her appointment as Secretary of Labor in 1933. Historians have generally ignored these early years. Yet it was during this time that many of her truly dynamic ideas and programs emerged. Perkins' background is traced from her school days through her tenure with the Consumers' League, the New York State Factory Investigating Commission, and the New York State Industrial Commission. The influence of progressivism on her thought is also discussed. An attempt is made to illustrate that the New Deal was not a new deal for Frances Perkins, but rather a logical step forward in the program for social justice she had promoted throughout her career.
Title: THE PRE - NEW DEAL CAREER OF FRANCES PERKINS, 1880-1932.
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Name(s): THOMPSON, CATHY ROSANN.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Mohl, Raymond A., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 134 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis examines the career of Frances Perkins prior to her appointment as Secretary of Labor in 1933. Historians have generally ignored these early years. Yet it was during this time that many of her truly dynamic ideas and programs emerged. Perkins' background is traced from her school days through her tenure with the Consumers' League, the New York State Factory Investigating Commission, and the New York State Industrial Commission. The influence of progressivism on her thought is also discussed. An attempt is made to illustrate that the New Deal was not a new deal for Frances Perkins, but rather a logical step forward in the program for social justice she had promoted throughout her career.
Identifier: 13742 (digitool), FADT13742 (IID), fau:10574 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
Subject(s): Perkins, Frances,--1882-1965
Industrial relations--United States--History
Women in politics--United States--Biography
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