The national monument designation recognizes Perkins as the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and for her ... She was a member of the New York industrial commission and later the ...

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia shook up his kingdom by boldly appointing the first female minister to his government cabinet earlier this week. Norah al-Faiz is now the deputy minister of women’s ...

“Frances Perkins accepted the position as the first female Cabinet member only after President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to support her goals to improve working conditions for all people ...