Frances Perkins was America’s first woman Cabinet Secretary and the longest-serving Secretary of Labor. This week, a new national park honoring her life and service was established in Newcastle, Maine. A lifelong advocate for human and workers’ rights, Perkins became the first female member of a Presidential cabinet when she was appointed as Secretary of Labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. As Secretary, Perkins was the driving force behind the creation of Social Security and Fair Labor Standards which established pensions, unemployment insurance, survivor benefits, restrictions on child labor, and maximum hours and minimum wages for all interstate industries. She was also instrumental in New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Public Works Administration, the National Recovery Administration, and the Works Progress Administration. The centerpiece of Frances Perkins National Monument is the Perkins Homestead, also known as the Brick House, in New...