"I had accomplished what I had come to do." // Learn more: https://t.co/qLiHmtJHpC

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Throughout we are celebrating the life of Francis Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet and the mastermind behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. // Learn more: https://t.co/pZatEYoerN

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After witnessing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Francis Perkins "was so intent on helping others that she was ready to enter the all-male world of politics." // Learn more: https://t.co/20f8cKzquV

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After Francis Perkins witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burning with mostly women and girls inside, she decided that "if no one else would become the voice for these women, [she] would try." // Learn more: https://t.co/20f8cKzquV

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