Frances Perkins became the first woman cabinet member when FDR put her to work in this post
[DOC] [TLE] Frances Perkins Center | Her Life: The Woman Behind the New Deal [PAR] Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve as a ... 
After the Civil War, economic times became more difficult in rural Maine, and .... 
Much of her work was in Albany, in the halls and committee rooms of the state 
capitol.