“The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats.”
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Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet in the United States, serving as the Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She is renowned for her advocacy of labor rights and social welfare policies, and her efforts to enhance working conditions and wages for American workers. more
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