Frances Perkins was the first female to serve in a presidential cabinet, having been appointed Labor Secretary by FDR in 1933 and then also to the Civil Service Commission by President Truman in 1945. A life-changing event for her was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC where 146 mostly young women seamstresses and other workers perished, leading her to champion better working conditions for women and children, and later the suffrage movement. Ms. Perkins taught at Cornell University until her death in 1965 at age 85. The US DOL building in DC is named for her. What an inspiration!
I have now added navy as a sashing for my blocks. May help me grow to like them!!!! Looking forward to #10...saving #8 for last so I can use it to tie blocks together.
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