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Interior Secretary considers creating national monument honoring Frances Perkins

Dozens of people turned out at the  Newcastle Frances Perkins Homestead on Thursday to urge U.S. Department of the Interior officials to create a national monument honoring Frances Perkins, the nation’s first female Cabinet secretary.

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Celebrate Social Security's 90th Birthday
at the Frances Perkins National Monument!

September 7th, 2025 at 4 p.m. 

Join Frances Perkins Center, Jim Roosevelt, Jr., Maine Women’s Lobby, and other partners and special guests as we commemorate this anniversary.

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