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.