The second female cabinet appointment came from President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 when he appointed Oveta Culp Hobby the Secretary of Helth, Education and Welfare. The first President to appoint a woman was Franklin Roosevelt (Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, 1933).
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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.
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Currently, the highest position a woman holds in the U.S. government is Secretary of State. The State Department is extremely important and represents the U.S. in diplomatic talks with world leaders. The woman in this position is Hillary Clinton. There also are other women in the president's cabinet-- the term "cabinet" refers to the top advisers who are the heads of various governmental departments.
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The president is responsible for filling the many different cabinet positions within the executive branch of government. While congress has provided the president with the ability to do this in their own way there are 5 main factors that all presidents use for selecting these cabinet members. These factors include competency, confirmation viability, cohesion, loyalty, and prudence.