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“You can always get sympathy by using the word small. With little industries you feel as you do about a little puppy.”

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Frances Perkins
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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