Frances Perkins: The Women Behind the New Deal

This free exhibit presents an overview of the life of Frances Perkins, highlighting her accomplishments through historic photographs, text, and personal memorabilia.

Panels include:

• Her Maine Roots and Patriot Ancestry
• Mount Holyoke: Her Activist Roots
• From Triangle Fire to New Deal
• Confronting the Truth: An Unemployment Crisis
• America Before the New Deal
• The New Deal; Secretary of Labor 1933-45
• Social Security: Her Greatest Achievement
• 1945 and Beyond: A Proud Legacy
• The exhibit space also includes a small library with Frances Perkins Center publications and related works of interest, with some available for purchase.