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Frances Perkins as Executive Secretary of the Consumers’ League
Photograph, New York, ca. 1911
Frances Perkins Papers, Box 150A
Perkins was offered a job as secretary of the New York City Consumers’ League in April, 1910, a month before receiving her degree from Columbia. The following year she became Executive Secretary.
Gift of Susanna Perkins Coggeshall, 1973
Frances Perkins
[Notes on] Fire Prevention and Life Protection
Autograph manuscript, pencil, New York, 1911?
Frances Perkins Papers, Box 121
In these notes for a talk, or outline for an article, Perkins calls for research into the numbers of fires in the U.S. with comparison by such factors as size of population, local laws, and types of buildings.
Gift of Susanna Perkins Coggeshall, 1970
Frances Perkins
[Notes on] Accident prevention
Autograph manuscript, pen, New York, 1911?
Frances Perkins Papers, Box 121
In these notes Perkins also calls for research, in this case into industrial accident fatalities in the U.S., with comparisons by such factors as type of industry, and use of Coroner’s and hospital records.
Gift of Susanna Perkins Coggeshall, 1970