Francis Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman in a US Cabinet, appointed as Secretary of Labor by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. She served until June 30, 1945.
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Frances Perkins became the Secretary of Labor in 1933 after Franklin Roosevelt named her to his cabinet.
Frances Perkins was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post. She was the Secretary of the U.S Department of Labor from 1933 to 1945.
Francis Perkins- she became the Secretary of labor in 1933 under FDR
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Washington's first cabinet wasSecretary of State (Thomas Jefferson),Secretary of Treasury (Alexander Hamilton),Secretary of War (Henry Knox),Attorney General (Edmund Jennings Randolph)Post Master General (Samuel Osgood) - Not a cabinet level position at this time.Second term cabinetSecretary of State (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Thomas Pickering (1795)Secretary of Treasury (Alexander Hamilton),Secretary of War (Thomas Pickering, James McHenry (1796)Attorney General (William Bradford, Charles Lee ( 1795))Post Master General (Timothy Pickering)
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