The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience

  • 19h 29m 18s
  • Kirstin Downey
  • Recorded Books, Inc.
  • 2016

Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins's own, award-winning journalist Kirstin Downey gives us a riveting exploration of how and why Perkins slipped into historical oblivion, and restores Perkins to her proper place in history.

In this Audiobook

  • Chapter 1 - Childhood and Youth
  • Chapter 2 - Becoming Frances Perkins
  • Chapter 3 - The Young Activist Hits New York
  • Chapter 4 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
  • Chapter 5 - Finding Allies in Tammany Hall
  • Chapter 6 - Teddy Roosevelt and Frances Perkins
  • Chapter 7 - A Good Match
  • Chapter 8 - Married Life
  • Chapter 9 - Motherhood
  • Chapter 10 - The Indomitable Al Smith
  • Chapter 11 - FDR and Al Smith
  • Chapter 12 - With the Roosevelt in Albany
  • Chapter 13 - FDR Becomes President
  • Chapter 14 - Frances Becomes Secretary of Labor
  • Chapter 15 - The Pioneer
  • Chapter 16 - Skeletons in the Labor Department Closet
  • Chapter 17 - Jump-Starting the Economy
  • Chapter 18 - At Home with Mary Harriman
  • Chapter 19 - Blue Eagle: A First Try at “Civilizing Capitalism”
  • Chapter 20 - Refugees and Regulations
  • Chapter 21 - Rebuilding the House of Labor
  • Chapter 22 - Labor Shakes off its Slumber
  • Chapter 23 - The Union Movement Revitalizes and Splits Apart
  • Chapter 24 - Social Security
  • Chapter 25 - Family Problems
  • Chapter 26 - Court-Packing, Wages, and Hours
  • Chapter 27 - Impeachment
  • Chapter 28 - War Clouds and Refugees
  • Chapter 29 - Frances and Franklin
  • Chapter 30 - Madness, Misalliances, and a Nude Bisexual Water Sprite
  • Chapter 31 - The War Comes
  • Chapter 32 - Last Days of the Roosevelt Administration
  • Chapter 33 - Harry Truman
  • Chapter 34 - The Truman Administration
  • Chapter 35 - Communism
  • Chapter 36 - End of the Truman Era
  • Chapter 37 - Many Transitions
  • Chapter 38 - Last Days
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