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Transcript: Frances Perkins, 'The Woman Behind the New Deal'
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- April 16, 2009
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TERRY GROSS
NPR Fresh Air
04-16-2009
Frances Perkins, 'The Woman Behind the New Deal'
Host: TERRY GROSS
Time 12:00-13:00 PM
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TERRY GROSS, host:
Frances Perkins, who has served as Franklin Roosevelt's secretary of labor, was the first female Cabinet member. Her legacy, however, has been eclipsed by Eleanor Roosevelt's great popularity and harmed by the refusal of Perkins' daughter, who died in 2003, to give access to some of her papers. Former Washington Post business reporter Kirstin Downey has just written a biography of Perkins called "The Woman Behind the New Deal" and book critic Maureen Corrigan says it couldn't be more timely.
MAUREEN CORRIGAN: Let's travel back to Tuesday, ...