#OnThisDay, 4 Mar 1933, Frances Perkins is sworn in as Secretary of Labor: the first woman to hold a cabinet post in the USA.

She was a workers-rights activist and key builder of the New Deal. She was in FDR's cabinet for all four terms of his Presidency.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenInPolitics #Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 4 Mar 1933, Frances Perkins is sworn in as Secretary of Labor: the first woman to hold a cabinet post in the USA.

She was a workers-rights activist and key builder of the New Deal. She was in FDR's cabinet for all four terms of his Presidency.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenInPolitics #Histodons

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#OnTheDay, 2 Mar 1977, Bette Davis receives the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award. She is the first woman to win it.

Of the 51 recipients to date, 11 have been women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHollywood #Histodons

#OnTheDay, 2 Mar 1977, Bette Davis receives the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award. She is the first woman to win it.

Of the 51 recipients to date, 11 have been women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHollywood #Histodons