Woman Behind the New Deal The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance,

Name: Woman Behind the New Deal The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance,
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ISBN: 9781400078561

ISBN-10: 1400078563

ISBN-13: 9781400078561

Edition: 2010

Authors: Kirstin Downey

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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.18" wide x 7.93" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Childhood and Youth



Becoming Frances Perkins



The Young Activist Hits New York



The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire



Finding Allies in Tammany Hall



Teddy Roosevelt and Frances Perkins



A Good Match



Married Life



Motherhood



The Indomitable al Smith



FDR and al Smith



With the Roosevelts in Albany



FDR Becomes President



Frances Becomes Secretary of Labor



The Pioneer



Skeletons in the Labor Department Closet



Jump-Starting the Economy



At Home with Mary Harriman



Blue Eagle: A first Try at "Civilizing Capitalism"



Refugees and Regulations



Rebuilding the house of labor



Labor Shakes off its Slumber



The Union Movement Revitalizes and Splits Apart



Social Security



Family Problems



Court-Packing, Wages, and Hours



Impeachment



War Clouds and Refugees



Frances and Franklin



Madness, Misalliances, and a Nude Bisexual Water Sprite



The War Comes



Last Days of the Roosevelt Administration



Harry Truman



The Truman Administration



Communism



End of the Truman Era



Many Transitions



Last Days


Notes


Bibliography


Index