Biden Establishes National Monument for 1st Female Cabinet Secretary

The new monument will be erected in Newcastle, Maine. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Dec. 16 establishing a monument for Frances Perkins, the first female Cabinet secretary. The monument to Perkins, who served as the U.S. labor secretary from 1933 to 1945 and died in 1965, will be erected in Newcastle, Maine, according

Biden to Establish National Monument for 1st Female Cabinet Secretary

The new monument will include the 57-acre Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark site in Newcastle, Maine. President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Dec. 16 establishing a monument for Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet secretary, the White House said on Monday. The monument to Perkins, who served as the U.S. labor secretary