📨 March 25, 2025 /// Letters from an American

President-elect Roosevelt asked Perkins to serve as Secretary of Labor in his administration. She accepted only on the condition that he back her goals: unemployment insurance, health insurance, old-age insurance, a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, and abolition of child labor. She later recalled: “I remember he looked so startled, and he said, ‘Well, do you think it can be done?’”

Another great letter and history lesson from Heather that hits home a lot of great things this country has done that are currently being dismantled without regard for the effects to the American people.