As per our current Database, Frances Perkins has been died on May 14, 1965 (age 85).
When Frances Perkins die, Frances Perkins was 85 years old.
| Popular As | Frances Perkins |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Age | 85 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | April 10, 1880 (Boston, MA) |
| Birthday | April 10 |
| Town/City | Boston, MA |
| Nationality | MA |
Frances Perkins’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Frances Perkins was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
The first female appointed to a U.S. Cabinet position, as President Franklin Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor, a post she served from 1933 to 1945. She was one of only two cabinet members to stay in office for the entirety of FDR's tenure as President.
After earning her graduate degree in economics and sociology at Columbia, she served on the committee investigation the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, which spurred her labor activism.
In her 12 years as FDR's labor secretary, she enacted many of his New Deal policies, including the set up of the social security fund.
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, moving with her family to Worceseter, where her father founded what is now Butler-Deardon Paper.
Like Jeannette Rankin , in addition to all her political accomplishments, she became a role model for women seeking equality amongst men.
