Dear Miss Perkins a story of Frances Perkins's efforts to aid refugees from Nazi Germany
Book - 2025
She was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, the longest-serving Labor Secretary, and an architect of the New Deal. Yet beyond these celebrated accomplishments there is another dimension to Frances Perkins's story. Without fanfare, and despite powerful opposition, Perkins helped...
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- Published
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New York, NY :
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
2025.
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-319) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780806543178
- Main Author
Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Becoming Frances Perkins
- 2. Becoming American Immigration Law
- 3. Becoming Nazi Germany
- 4. Charge Bonds Controversy
- 5. Child Refugees
- 6. Resolution to Impeach Frances Perkins
- 7. Dear Miss Perkins
- 8. Alaska
- 9. The Transfer of the INS from the Labor Department to the Justice Department
- 10. The Trapp Family Singers
- 11. Remembering the Holocaust in the U.S.
- 12. Remembering American Immigration Law
- 13. Remembering Frances Perkins
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index