This symposium provides a forum for discussing the impact of Frances Perkins and her legacies on current debates about welfare reform, health care, Social Security, and working women. Present and former Frances Perkins scholars will also participate in a closing roundtable on women and work. Sponsored by The Weissman Center for Leadership, the Frances Perkins Program, and the Alumnae Association at Mount Holyoke College.
All events are free and open to the public.
Her works include four novels, a volume of stories, and six collections of essays. In 1990 she received a five-year fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. She lives in New York City. The novel portrays a West that is still largely empty, where white settlers confront native Californians and Asian coolies. The commune fails and most of the migrs go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage.