Frances Perkins Building
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The Frances Perkins Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Labor. It is located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW and sits above Interstate 395. The structure is
Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C.
1992 - Union Plaques
2009 - Interior of the building as new Secretary Hilda Solis arrives for the first time
2010 - Meeting of the G-20 Ministers, held at the building
Frances Perkins
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Frances Perkins was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Pa
Frances Perkins Building
…of the United States Department of Labor. It is located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW and sits above Interstate 395. The structure is named after Frances Perkins, the U.S. secretary of labor from 1933–1945 and the first female cabinet secretary in U.S. history. During the time in office of President John F…
Perkins, 1905–1945
Perkins at her desk c. 1919
Secretary of Labor Perkins on the cover of Time (August 14, 1933)
President Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, with Perkins among those witnessing the signing (third from right)