If You Like Social Security and Minimum Wage, Thank Frances Perkins
Category: POLITICS
Perkins, who died 50 years ago this month, is one of our nation's greatest heroines. Her remarkable life should inspire us to continue the battles she fought. Many of the issues she worked on -- including wage theft, discrimination against women workers and the rights of immigrant workers -- remain problems today. Anyone who fights for social justice stands on her shoulders.
By Peter Dreier, ContributorE.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental Col..., 2015-05-30