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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.
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.
FDR appointed Frances Perkins as the Secretary of Labor in 1933.
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Who was the first woman to hold a US Cabinet Post?
Francis Perkins- she became the Secretary of labor in 1933 under FDR
The first country to elect a woman to a national cabinet post was?
denmark
How many cabinet post are there in the US?
15 Executive Departments.
Who were the members of George Washington's cabinet and what positions did they hold?
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)
Which of these positions is not a Presidential cabinet post?
Secretary of the United Nations
Who was the first Indian women who held the cabinet post?
Frances Perkins
What cabinet post has had the most women Secretaries?
labor
The first country to elect a women to a national cabinet post was?
The United States was the first country to elect a woman to a national cabinet. In 1917 Jeannette Rankin was the elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who was the first woman to hold a US Cabinet Post?
Francis Perkins- she became the Secretary of labor in 1933 under FDR
Who was the first women to hold the post of director of the woman's bureau of the department of labor?
A+ Esther Peterson
Who was the first woman to hold the post direction of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor?
Esther Peterson
What post did Frank D Wing hold in Clinton's cabinet?
Senior advisor to the HUD Secretary
The first country to elect a woman to a national cabinet post was?
denmark
Who was the first country to elect a woman to a nation cabinet post?
Denmark
How many presidents served as vice president and in the Senate but did not serve in a cabinet post?
John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon were all vice-presidents and US senators but never held a cabinet post. ( Martin Van Buren was the only man to be the VP, US Senator and hold a cabinet post.)
What is the first cabinet post in line to the Presidency of the United States and who holds the position today?
The first cabinet post in line to take over the presidency in the event that the president becomes unable to carry out his duties is the vice president. As of February 12, 2015, the United States Vice President is Joe Biden.
Who was the first first lady to hold a government post?
Eleanor roosevelt
