Photograph: FPC Executive Director Giovanna Gray Lockhart delivering remarks at the Department of Labor. Click here to read the NPCA press release. Click here to read the White House fact sheet.
The Secretary of Labor “quite blew our poor Undersecretary off his end of the phone.” -Diary of Jay Pierrepont Moffat, Chief of the Western European Division, U.S. Department of State. The White House Historical Association Rubenstein Center Scholarship, October 23, 2024, features Frances Perkins, presented by Rebecca Brenner Graham, Research Fellow and former FPC summer
Frances Perkins and Historical Memory By Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made by History October 21, 2024 “The current potentially historic moment for American women is deeply connected to Perkins becoming a rising icon in American historical memory. Current events shape memories of the past — just as historical memory shapes the present.” Read ‘Made by
Executive Director Giovanna Gray Lockhart was featured in @ The Hill over Labor Day weekend – and reminds us all why we can thank Frances Perkins! While most Americans are aware of Taylor Swift’s contributions to the music industry or Kimala Harris’s decades of public service or Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s jurisprudence, Frances Perkins flies under the radar.
Thank you News Center Maine for featuring the Frances Perkins Homestead as part of your weekly 207 Television series. This 20-minute documentary, interview, and photos provide testimony to the value of Frances Perkins and this place to American History. Watch video
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. Read More
New Campaign Calls on President to Create National Monument for Frances Perkins. Read Release
“The Mellon Foundation’s support is a transformative catalyst for the Frances Perkins Center.” – Giovanna Gray Lockhart, Executive Director Read More in the Sun Journal Read more in Mainebiz NEWCASTLE, Maine – The Frances Perkins Center (FPC) announced that it has been awarded a $750,000 grant by the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities.
Listen Here Frances Perkins was the nation’s first female cabinet secretary. As FDR’s Secretary of Labor, she championed reforms that are with us to this day. We’ll learn about the recent completion of her homestead in Newcastle, hear from the new executive director of the Frances Perkins Center, as well as from the author of Unlikely
Read the latest news coverage on Frances Perkins from March 2025, including an interview between
Photograph: FPC Executive Director Giovanna Gray Lockhart delivers remarks at the Department of Labor. President
Photograph: Senator Cameron Reny, Senate President Mattie Daughtry, and U.S. Senator Angus King at the
Photograph: FPC Executive Director Giovanna Gray Lockhart delivering remarks at the Department of Labor. Click
