09 Jul Introducing our Virtual 2021 Garden Party Honorees
Introducing our Virtual 2021 Garden Party honorees: Heather Cox Richardson and Juana Rodriguez Vazquez! Sunday, August 15 2021. Register for free HERE. See you then! ...
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19 May 1772 Foundation Conservation Grant Award
The Frances Perkins Center is pleased to announce that it has received a conservation grant from The 1772 Foundation in partnership with Maine Preservation for the France Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark. This $6,500 matching grant will assist with the Brick House ell roof repairs...
15 Mar Frances Perkins in National Media
The woman who helped a president change America during his first 100 days: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/14/frances-perkins-fdr-100-days-new-deal/ Big Boss, Little Boss: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/the-uncertain-hour/big-boss-little-boss/ International Women's Day | Notable Maine women who've made their mark on the world: https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/life/people/international-womens-day-notable-maine-women-whove-made-their-mark-on-the-world/97-4bfcf52b-8eb0-457e-b869-a7ad067f0285 Frances Perkins: Architect of the New Deal and Social Security:...
26 Feb Cabinet Members with Maine Connections
News Center Maine features Frances Perkins in its look back at Presidential Cabinet Members with Maine Connections. View Here...
07 Dec Reviving the Power of “We”
The protagonists who drove the last upswing–when “I” gave way to “we”– came to be called Progressives. They were a diverse coalition whose factions often disagreed about ends and means but who shared a galvanizing belief in the power of ordinary citizens to change the...
21 Sep Belvedere Historic Preservation $15,000 Grant Award
For Immediate Release: September 21, 2020 Contact: Kristen Levesque Kristen Levesque PR & Marketing 207-329-3090 kristen@kristenlevesquepr.com The Frances Perkins Center Receives $15,000 Grant from the Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency Fund of the Maine Community Foundation (Newcastle, Maine) The Frances Perkins Center is pleased to announce that it has received a $15,000...
09 Sep $500,000 Save America’s Treasures Grant to Frances Perkins Center
September 9, 2020 (Newcastle, Maine) The Frances Perkins Center has received a prestigious $500,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures grant program to preserve and restore the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark in Newcastle, Maine. Maine Delegation Joint Statement: “The Frances Perkins Homestead...
09 Sep Social Security Celebrates 85th Anniversary
August 14, 2020: Happy 85th Birthday Social Security! Crown Jewel of the New Deal Read More “The process of recovery is not a simple one. We cannot be satisfied merely with makeshift arrangements which will tide us over the present emergencies. We must devise plans that will not merely...
08 Jul JSTOR Daily on Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins: Architect of the New Deal She designed Social Security and public works programs that helped bring millions out of poverty. Her work has been largely forgotten. https://daily.jstor.org/woman-architect-of-the-new-deal/?utm_campaign=generalmarketing&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter...
10 Jun Prints, Drawings, and Photos Picturing the Great Depression
"A Dust Bowl of Dog Soup: Picturing the Great Depression" Virtual Exhibition. Smith College Museum of Art presents prints, drawings, and photos created by the New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Farm Security Administration (FSA), art 'of the people and for the people. Virtual Exhibition can...