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Special Event
Event
Frances Perkins: A Woman's Work
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Fee:
Free.Dates & Times
Date:
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Time:
2:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour and 30 minutes
Type of Event
Living History
Performance
Talk
Description
Watch history come to life as Jarice Hanson portrays Frances Perkins, the first-ever woman to serve in a Presidential cabinet. Learn more about Perkins’ role as Franklin Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor and what it was like to be a woman in politics in the 1930s and 1940s. Stick around after the performance for a Q&A session.
Performance funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Springfield Cultural Council.
Temporary exhibit Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal, on loan from the Frances Perkins Center in Newcastle, Maine, will be on display during the performance.
Reservation or Registration: No
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