The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience
Kirstin Downey, . . Doubleday/Talese, $35 (458pp) ISBN 978-0-385-51365-4
No individual—not even Eleanor Roosevelt—exerted more influence over the formulation of FDR's New Deal or did more to implement the programs than Frances Perkins (1880–1965). As former
Reviewed on: 12/15/2008
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