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Stuff You Should Know

Selects: Frances Perkins: Influential and Unknown

Sat, 21 Dec 2024

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Frances Perkins was an incredibly influential American yet is virtually unknown. What did she do? A lot! For instance, Social Security was her brainchild. And that's just the tip of the old iceberg. Explore her legacy with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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54.591 - 73.375 Josh Clark

Hello, friends. It's Josh. And for this week's Select, I've chosen our September 2020 episode on Frances Perkins. If you haven't heard of her, that's okay. She's one of the most unsung Americans ever and was even left out of the history books for a while, all because she was a woman. Check out this episode where Frances Perkins gets her due.

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78.133 - 81.572 Narrator

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of iHeartRadio.

87.651 - 102.954 Josh Clark

Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark, and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant. And this is Stuff You Should Know, the amazing unsung woman edition, volume two at least. No, more than two. What number would you say then?

103.214 - 118.15 Charles W. 'Chuck' Bryant

I don't know. But I tell you what, if you want to take a vote on maybe one of the most undersung while at the same time being most influential Americans to ever live, Neil Diamond. Oh, he was very sung.

118.57 - 121.11 Josh Clark

I know. I'm not a big fan anyway.

122.27 - 126.371 Charles W. 'Chuck' Bryant

You would be hard-pressed to overlook Ms. Perkins.

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