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COVID-19: What Lessons Will We Learn?
Stephen Gottlieb: What Lessons Will We Learn? I’d like to look beyond this epidemic, beyond the people telecomputing and those taking bicycles to work instead of busses, beyond our fears of going to meetings to
Frances Perkins Homestead Tours
Visit the Newcastle home of Frances Perkins, first woman Cabinet member and FDR’s Secretary of Labor. Enjoy guided tours of the 1837 Brick House and historic district with its 57 acres of fields, gardens, and
Introducing Tommy Douglas, Father of the Canadian Health Care System
By Charles Hoffacker You’re never going to step out of the front door into the kingdom of God. What you’re going to do is slowly and painfully change society until it has more of the
Frances Perkins at the Dutch Treat Club
By Charles Hoffacker Founded in 1905, the Dutch Treat Club in New York City is a luncheon club of writers, artists, illustrators, publishers, media gurus and performers in music, television, and film. Over the years,
Frances Perkins in Church History or “Anglican Theology Will Not Nourish Couch Potatoes”
by Charles Hoffacker In several ways, Frances Perkins is a figure of influence. She has a place in several kinds of history: American history, women’s history, labor history, economic and political history, and other kinds