Frances Perkins became the first woman cabinet member when FDR put her to work in this post
.... President-elect Roosevelt asked Frances Perkins to serve in his 
cabinet as... [DOC] [TLE] Frances Perkins - Wikipedia [PAR] Frances Perkins Wilson was an American sociologist and workers-rights 
advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the 
longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S.