Frances Perkins became the first woman cabinet member when FDR put her to work in this post
[DOC] [TLE] Frances Perkins Leaves a Legacy - American Foreign Service ... [PAR] Frances Perkins, the first woman to hold a Cabinet position, brought all of ... 1933
, Frances Perkins prepared to meet with Franklin D. Roosevelt, a week ... him in 
1910 when she first arrived in New York but only came to admire him after ... 
became governor, he had asked her to serve as head of the New York State 
Industrial.