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December 3, 2014
November 7, 2014
October 5, 2014
September 30, 2014 Frances Perkins Homestead Named a National Historic Landmark
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on September 30, 2014 announced that the Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine is now a National Historic Landmark. Nominated by the Frances Perkins Center, the 57-acre farm was the ancestral home of Frances Perkins (1880-1965), U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933-45, the first woman to serve in a
October 1, 2014
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June 11, 2014
May 3, 2014
April 2014 Newsletter
Save the Date May 9 – Presentation before the Senior College at USM Lewiston-Auburn. May 11 – FP Icon Blessing at St. Andrews Church, Newcastle, ME. May 13 – FP Feast Day at the Parish of St. Monica and St. James in Washington, DC. June 29 – Perkins Homestead Tour. July 2 –
April 2, 2014
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Extensive National Monument News Coverage
Photograph: FPC Executive Director Giovanna Gray Lockhart delivers remarks at the Department of Labor. President
Senators Susan Collins and Angus King Celebrate Designation
Photograph: Senator Cameron Reny, Senate President Mattie Daughtry, and U.S. Senator Angus King at the
National Monument NPCA Press Release and White House Fact Sheet
Photograph: FPC Executive Director Giovanna Gray Lockhart delivering remarks at the Department of Labor. Click
Frances Perkins Breaking Glass Ceilings
The Secretary of Labor “quite blew our poor Undersecretary off his end of the phone.”