Attached on the right is a warm recollection of FDR by a woman who worked closely with the man for nearly thirty five years as political colleague, state governor appointee and labor secretary: Francis Perkins (1880 – 1965).
Those councilors who advised FDR on all matters African-American were popularly known as “the Black Brain Trust”…
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Francis Perkins newspaper articleFrancis Perkins magazine articleNew Deal Secretary of Labor Francis Perkin1st woman Secretary of Labor Francis PerkinsFrancis Perkins FDR relationshipFrancis Perkins FDR friendshipFDR woman in cabinet memberNew Deal cabinet officer Francis PerkinsFDR friendship remembered by Francis Perkins 1946
