The Frances Perkins Center is a non-profit organization and official philanthropic partner of the Frances Perkins National Monument. We are a nationally recognized cultural institution based at the national monument in Newcastle, Maine, established to inspire current and future generations to understand and uphold the government’s role in providing social justice and economic security for all. Our work is guided by Frances Perkins’ effective leadership style and one woman’s power to change the world.
FRANCES PERKINS
NATIONAL MONUMENT
The Frances Perkins National Monument sits on a fifty-seven-acre saltwater farm in Newcastle, Maine. This monument is a tangible reminder that America is intended to be a vast homestead for all its people, a lively household for one and all, and that concern for the common good should govern our life together. Reflecting on Frances Perkins’ commitment to the principle that “government should provide all its people with the best possible life,” we believe that her ancestral homestead and our idea of the nation as “homestead for all” can help us bolster important American values where the strength of our nation resides in its diversity.
The Frances Perkins Center is the official philanthropic partner of the Frances Perkins National Monument. In 2025, the Center is partnering with NPS to open the doors of the brand-new Welcome Center and self-guided exhibit in the Homestead Barn for the monument’s inaugural Summer Season.
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Explore Our New National Monument with AARP
“Throughout her lifetime, Frances Perkins often lived and found respite at her family’s homestead in Newcastle. We invite you to join us as we explore the Frances Perkins National Monument
Spectrum News Article on the Frances Perkins National Monument
“The Frances Perkins National Monument represents a years-long effort by historians and others to honor Perkins, the first female cabinet secretary in American history.” – Susan Cover for Spectrum News
The Only Woman in the Room
Read the latest news coverage on Frances Perkins from March 2025, including an interview between Facing History’s Jessica Weingartner and FPC’s Giovanna Gray Lockhart – Frances Perkins: The Most Consequential
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