American Experience

Interview with Author Kirstin Downey

Clip: Season 23 Episode 7 | 15m 13s

Author Kirstin Downey on the labor rights activist Frances Perkins, who would go on to become the secretary of labor and the first woman in a U.S. Cabinet.

Aired: 02/27/11

Rating: NR

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