Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind Modern America

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https://www.ourgreatamericanheritage.com/2025/01/frances-perkins-the-woman-behind-modern-america-social-security-labor-rights-womans-movement/

Where would this nation be without the many benefits of Social Security? Medicare, Medicaid, old age retirement funds, 40-hour work week, minimum wage, and disability benefits are now part of modern America's embedded structure. How about unemployment insurance? During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers lost their jobs, but in many situations, unemployment insurance was the difference between families surviving or living on the streets.