Friends of the Shepherdstown Library (FOSL) presents History Alive!

Name: Friends of the Shepherdstown Library (FOSL) presents History Alive!
Start: 2024-10-17T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-17T20:30:00-04:00
Location: 145 Higbee Lane, Shepherdstown, WV, United States, West Virginia 25443

Schedule

Thu Oct 17 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

145 Higbee Lane, Shepherdstown, WV, United States, West Virginia 25443 | Shepherdstown, WV

FOSL presents History Alive, the story of Frances Perkins. As the first female Cabinet member and U.S. Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins had a far-reaching, lasting impact on American workers’ lives, and helped pave the way for women to enter the male-dominated world of national politics. Perkins started out as a young social reformer in New York City, but embarked on a more ambitious quest for change after witnessing the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911, which killed nearly 150 workers. As a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Cabinet in the 1930s and 1940s, Perkins relentlessly fought for and facilitated many of the New Deal programs which helped the nation weather the Great Depression. Known as the “Mother of Social Security,” Perkins’ legacy lives on through child labor laws, unemployment insurance, minimum wage, the 40-hour work week, worker’s compensation, and workplace safety laws.
Frances Perkins portrayed by JoAnn Peterson of Fort Ashby