Frances Perkins

Rebecca Brenner Graham ’15 celebrates launch of her new book, Dear Miss Perkins

Rebecca Brenner Graham ’15 celebrates launch of her new book, Dear Miss Perkins

Content warning: This article discusses antisemitism.

It’s a little known fact that while she was making history as the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, Frances Perkins, Class of 1902, helped save the lives of countless Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.