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Frances Perkins

1880 - 1965

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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 1,181,768 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Frances Perkins is the 14,785th most popular politician (down from 12,829th in 2019), the 8,430th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,937th in 2019) and the 515th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frances Perkins ranks 14,785 out of 15,577Before her are David Lange, Aristides Gomes, Rashid Nurgaliyev, José Ignacio Pavón, Gartnait I, and Te Atairangikaahu. After her are Karin Söder, Hédi Annabi, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, Jean Kambanda, Max Streibl, and R. James Woolsey Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Frances Perkins ranks 188Before her are George Herriman, Rudolf Cvetko, Charles King, Vladimir Sukachev, Damon Runyon, and Oskar Perron. After her are Christy Mathewson, Walter Brack, Luis Alberto Riart, Wilhelm Anderson, Kono Yasui, and Albert Champoudry. Among people deceased in 1965, Frances Perkins ranks 179Before her are William Petersson, Bill Black, Sulamith Goldhaber, Renzo Minoli, Everett Sloane, and W. T. Cosgrave. After her are Harry Babcock, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, Mary Boland, William Hogenson, Joaquín Vázquez, and Steve Cochran.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Perkins ranks 8,430 out of 18,182Before her are Arthur Shaw (1886), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), George Ord (1781), Rob Morgan (1973), Mark Coleman (1964), and Jonathan Harris (1914). After her are Mary Stuart Masterson (1966), Amy Acker (1976), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Wilmer Allison (1904), Frankie Muniz (1985), and Lawrence Tibbett (1896).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Frances Perkins ranks 515Before her are Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Dick Durbin (1944), Lewis Cass (1782), George Bancroft (1800), Philip Schuyler (1733), and Rodney Mullen (1966). After her are R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Abel P. Upshur (1790), Richard Shelby (1934), Eugene Burton Ely (1886), Hugo Black (1886), and Jeremiah S. Black (1810).