Dear Miss Perkins. A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany
Hosted By: The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art
The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art presents a book talk on the life and legacy of Frances Perkins. Her early work at Hull House and witness to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire shaped her lifelong advocacy for immigrants and refugees. As Secretary of Labor, she confronted antisemitism and restrictive immigration laws with quiet determination and creative resistance.
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