Jarice Hanson in Performance: "Frances Perkins: A Woman's Work"

Many people think Social Security, the 40 hour work week, child labor laws, and the "New Deal" legislation was the work of men with ties; but in reality they were all due to one woman who wore pearls. Hear Frances Perkins, the first woman Secretary of Labor, talk about how the FDR administration revived the country after the Great Depression, through WWII.

Ask Frances Perkins about her life and work in the Question and Answer component of this presentation. Jarice Hanson has portrayed Frances Perkins over 50 time throughout the country. Now she'll be in Northfield!