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Aug 31, 2023

Film: Summoned, Frances Perkins and the General Welfare

August 31  - August 31
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Adirondack History Museum Film: Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare

This PBS documentary -- featuring interviews with Nancy Pelosi, George Mitchell, David Brooks, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Amy Klobuchar -- tells the story of Frances Perkins, who was appointed Labor Secretary by FDR during the Great Depression. As the first female Cabinet member, she helped forge the Social Security program, the federal minimum wage, the 40-hour work week, and ended the legal use of child labor. The film will be accompanied by a presentation by Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, grandson of Perkins. Directed by Mick Caouette and Joe Paolo, 2019, 57 mins. 7:00 pm, August 31.

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7590 Court Street, Elizabethtown, 12932
https://adkhistorycenter.org
(518) 873-6466
$
7:00pm

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