The Woman Behind the New Deal Quotes

“1917, when Frances was thirty-seven and Mitchel faced reelection, women in New York first won the right to vote in state elections. In 1920 women won the right to vote in national elections when the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution was ratified.11”
― Kirstin Downey, The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins

“legacy. About 44 million people collect Social Security checks each month; millions receive unemployment and worker’s compensation or the minimum wage; others get to go home after an eight-hour day because of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Very few know the name of the woman responsible for their benefits.”
― Kirstin Downey, The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins