NPR News: 12-16-2024 8PM EST

265.589 - 287.445 Janine Herbst

President Biden today established the Francis Perkins National Monument in Maine. She was the first female cabinet secretary, the longest-serving secretary of labor, serving for 12 years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The White House says she was also the driving force behind the New Deal, helping to create Social Security and fighting for the rights of workers to organize under unions.