Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers’ Rights

This picture-book biography follows Frances Perkins from her childhood in late-nineteenth-century Boston, where she learned to aid people who needed help. Seeing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire later spurred her efforts to improve worker safety. In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt chose her as secretary of labor, making her the first woman in a U.S. cabinet role. Her work included creating Social Security.