Perkins, Frances

Japanese: パーキンズ(英語表記)Perkins, Frances
Perkins, Frances
Born: April 10, 1880, Boston
[Died] May 14, 1965. Newcastle, Maine. American women's social activist and government official. She worked to improve working conditions for women and factory sanitation facilities in New York, and served as secretary of the Consumers League from 1910 to 1912, and as a member of the New York State Industrial Commission from 1929 to 1933. In 1933, she became Secretary of Labor under the F. Roosevelt administration, becoming the first female cabinet member in American history.

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Japanese:
[生]1880.4.10. ボストン
[没]1965.5.14. メーン,ニューカッスル
アメリカの女性社会運動家,行政官。ニューヨークで女性の労働条件や工場衛生施設の改善に努力し,1910~12年消費者連盟の書記長,29~33年ニューヨーク州産業委員会委員などを歴任。 33年 F.ルーズベルト政権下労働長官に就任,アメリカ史上初の女性の閣僚となった。

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