Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights
    Unavailable
    Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights
    Unavailable
    Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights
    Ebook39 pages8 minutes

    Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights

    By Deborah Hopkinson and Kristy Caldwell

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    An engaging picture book biography of Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet member and activist who created the Social Security program. From award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson.

    At 31, Frances Perkins witnessed the Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911, one of the worst industrial disasters in U.S. history. The event forever changed her, and while some activists pressed factory owners for change, Frances actually got to work and joined the fight for workers’ rights.

    It was when Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration—the first woman cabinet member—that she had the opportunity to make real her bold vision of a country where no one is left out and Americans are protected. Thanks to her efforts, we have the Social Security program, a move that changed Americans’ lives for generations to come.

    Deborah Hopkinson’s energetic text and Kristy Caldwell’s appealing illustrations unite to tell Perkins’ fascinating story as well as introduce early concepts of financial literacy, the Social Security Act, and the New Deal. Back matter features more information about Frances Perkins, Social Security, and resources for economic education.

    Awards:

    Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People —NCSS/CBC

    Also by Deborah Hopkinson:
    Carter Reads the Newspaper
    Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson
    Sweet Land of Liberty

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeachtree Publishers
    Release dateJul 1, 2020
    ISBN9781682632727
    Unavailable
    Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights
    Author

    Deborah Hopkinson

    Deborah Hopkinson is the author of Small Places, Close to Home and Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen, among more than fifty acclaimed works for young readers including picture books, middle-grade fiction, and nonfiction that help bring history and research alive. Deborah lives near Portland, Oregon with her family and a menagerie of pets. You can visit her online at www.deborahhopkinson.com.

    Read more from Deborah Hopkinson

    Related authors

    Related to Thanks to Frances Perkins

    Related ebooks

    Children's Biography & Autobiography For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Readability Is a Myth

      Jan 2, 2015

      Readability Is a Myth
      3 min read

    • Article

      You Can’t Grow Toilet Paper

      Jul 17, 2022

      Name Withheld (Letters, July 16) says there was no Winz in the 1960s. It wasn’t called Winz, but it existed: on April 1, 1939, the Social Security Department was established. We do not all “have loads of kids”. Some beneficiaries have none. My brothe

      9 min read

    • Article

      Coming Together

      Mar 27, 2020

      WE BEGAN PLANNING THIS SPECIAL ISSUE of TIME before any of us had heard the phrase flatten the curve, much less contemplated our own roles in the flattening. Its theme—getting out of silos and coming together as communities—is one we’ve been thinking

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Uniters

      Mar 27, 2020

      The Uniters
      14 min read

    • Article

      The Uniters

      Mar 27, 2020

      The Uniters
      14 min read

    • Article

      Get To Know The Folks Next Door

      Sep 1, 2020

      Get To Know The Folks Next Door
      6 min read

    • Article

      Everybody Has A Story

      Apr 2, 2023

      Everybody Has A Story
      4 min read

    • Article

      The DeSantis Question

      May 25, 2023

      The DeSantis Question
      6 min read

    • Article

      How To Ask For Help

      Aug 14, 2019

      How To Ask For Help
      7 min read

    • Article

      Marc Freedman: Building Bridges Across Generations

      Jun 3, 2019

      Want to live forever? Marc Freedman can help. No, he's not one of the Silicon Valley "immortalists" seeking to radically prolong human life spans. He's the chief executive officer of Encore.org, an organization that aims to help older Americans make

      4 min read

    • Article

      How to Fix Our Prisons? Let The Public Inside.

      Dec 17, 2019

      We need a broad national effort to recruit and place volunteers to educate and counsel incarcerated people.

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Vaccine Gap

      Mar 5, 2021

      The Vaccine Gap
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Vaccine Gap

      Mar 5, 2021

      The Vaccine Gap
      11 min read

    • Article

      We Need Journalism To Elevate Humanity

      Oct 25, 2019

      IT’S A PARADOX OF THIS MOMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY—we have a vast universe of information at our fingertips, yet we still struggle to understand the forces that shape our world. The very technologies and social-media platforms that were supposed to bring

      3 min read

    Reviews for Thanks to Frances Perkins

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words