First Female Cabinet Member

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First female cabinet member. First female cabinet minister. In 1933 franklin d. Roosevelt appointed the first female cabinet member frances perkins as us secretary of labor.

Roosevelt took the oath of office as the 32nd president of the. Margaret grace bondfield ch pc 17 march 1873 16 june 1953 was a british labour politician trade unionist and women s rights activist. History and the principal architect of the new deal her story remains widely overlooked to this day.

History and one of only two roosevelt cabinet appointees to serve throughout his tenure perkins brought to the job an unwavering devotion to social reform. Frances perkins was the first woman to ever hold a position on the u s. The first female cabinet member in u s.

She became the first female cabinet minister and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the uk when she was appointed minister of labour in the labour government of 1929 31 she had earlier become the first woman to chair the general council of. First female member of the house of lords. First female commons government whip.

Roosevelt she helped pull the labor movement into the new deal coalition. This also made her the first woman to enter the presidential line of succession. As a loyal supporter of her friend franklin d.

Wikimedia commons frances perkins when frances perkins was born women did not yet even have the right to vote in the united states. Although frances perkins was the first woman cabinet member in u s. Ickes were the only original members of the roosevelt cabinet to remain in office for his entire presidency.