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Frances Perkins: The New Deal’s First Lady

Single Session Class | Registration closed 9/10/2025

10/29/2025 (one day)
11:00 AM-12:15 PM EDT on Wed
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Frances Perkins: The New Deal’s First Lady

Single Session Class | Registration closed 9/10/2025

Frances Perkins was one of the most socially conscientious individuals of the 20th century. Why did this woman fight so strongly in a male dominated world against the cruel social injustices of the times? This question will be answered in this course. In 1932 President Roosevelt asked Frances to serve as the first female in a presidential cabinet. She initially refused, but after FDR accepted her list of demands, Frances agreed to be his Secretary of Labor and the New Deal was born. Perkins’ legacy lives on but faces harsh challenges today by President Trump’s MAGA Conservatives. 

Linda Bouchey

Linda Bouchey is a retired Hyde Park social studies teacher. She has been a docent at the FDR Presidential Library and volunteered in their archives.

 

Al Vinck

Al Vinck organized Youth Against Racism at Val-kill for Dutchess County students. He was the history chairperson for the Hyde Park school district and an adjunct professor at Marist College.

Linda and Al co-authored “The Roosevelt Genealogy” for FDR’s family sold in the FDR Library Museum shop. Both have been docents for Wilderstein Preservation and Top Cottage. They served on the boards of Roosevelt/Vanderbilt and Wilderstein Preservation and co-chaired the Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt permanent exhibition for the Hyde Park school district.