Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare

Name: Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare
Director: Mick Caouette
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-10-26
Duration: 3360000 s
Cast: David Brooks, Amy Klobuchar, Lawrence O'Donnell

Directed by Mick Caouette, Joe Paolo

2019 56mDocumentary

8.7

Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to a U.S. presidential cabinet, created the Social Security program, a federal minimum wage, the 40-hour work week, unemployment compensation, and ended the legal use of child labor.