POLITICIAN

Frances Perkins

1880 - 1965

Photo of Frances Perkins

Icon of person Frances Perkins

Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her longtime friend, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped make labor issues important in the emerging New Deal coalition. She was one of two Roosevelt cabinet members to remain in office for his entire presidency (the other being Interior Secretary Harold L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Perkins has received more than 1,331,551 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Frances Perkins is the 15,792nd most popular politician (down from 14,733rd in 2019), the 8,607th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,412th in 2019) and the 552nd most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frances Perkins ranks 15,792 out of 19,576. Before her are Aníbal Torres, Emily Donelson, Peter Altmaier, Františka Plamínková, José Posada Herrera, and Isak Saba. After her are Nikolai Golitsyn, Khalid Skah, Pavel Grudinin, Said Seyam, João de Deus Pinheiro, and Jack Lynch.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Frances Perkins ranks 199. Before her are Albert W. Hull, Arthur Dove, Lev Shcherba, Pandurang Vaman Kane, Tom Taylor, and Marcel Van Crombrugge. After her are Jean Alexandre Barré, Eric Carlberg, Earle Page, Kono Yasui, Wilhelm Anderson, and William Varley. Among people deceased in 1965, Frances Perkins ranks 194. Before her are Harry Babcock, Bessie Barriscale, Arnold Luhaäär, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Boško Simonović, and Tommaso Lequio di Assaba. After her are Heinrich Schomburgk, Teodor Koskenniemi, Alan Washbond, Chris Berger, Steve Cochran, and Geoffrey de Havilland.

Others Born in 1880

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1965

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Perkins ranks 8,607 out of 20,380. Before her are Emily Donelson (1807), Ann Harding (1902), Danny Lloyd (1972), Ross Bagdasarian (1919), Joseph Kruskal (1928), and Stanley Turrentine (1934). After her are David Hess (1936), Joseph P. Allen (1937), Ben Lyon (1901), Joseph Ruben (1950), Richard LeParmentier (1946), and Jamie Farr (1934).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Frances Perkins ranks 552. Before her are Lisa Murkowski (1957), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), Orrin Hatch (1934), Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816), Joe Torre (1940), and Emily Donelson (1807). After her are Ann Richards (1933), Donald Regan (1918), Karen Bass (1953), Penny Pritzker (1959), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), and Ted Kaufman (1939).

American born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous