Deborah Hopkinson \;is the award-winni ng author of numerous critically acclaimed picture and chapter books\, inc luding \;Keep On!\, \;Sweet Land of Liberty\, \;Under the Quilt of Night\, \;and \;Shutting Out the Sky: Life in th e Tenements of New York 1880-1924. \;
\nIn celebration of W omen&rsquo\;s History Month\, she will talk about a real life heroine Fran ces Perkins \;who has changed many American lives. After Frances Perki ns witnessed the Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911\, she was forever cha nged. While some activists pressed factory owners for change\, Frances dec ided to work to bring about new laws that would force employers to treat p eople better and make workplaces safer. She became Secretary of Labor in R oosevelt&rsquo\;s administration&mdash\;the first woman cabinet member&mda sh\;Frances had the opportunity to make real her bold vision of a country where no one was left out. As a result of the Social Security program that she created\, we have built a society where we help one another.
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