Interview with Author Kirstin Downey
Clip: Season 23 Episode 7 | 15m 13s
An interview with author Kirstin Downey on labor rights activist Frances Perkins.
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.
Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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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.
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