”In 1933, after the people had rejected Hoover’s plan to let the Depression burn itself out, President-elect Roosevelt asked [Frances] Perkins to serve as Secretary of Labor in his administration. She accepted only on the condition that he back her goals: unemployment insurance, health insurance, old-age insurance, a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, and abolition of child labor.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 25, 2025 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-25-2025
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