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Above: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under President Delanore Roosevelt, talking with construction workers as she received first hand information on the Golden Gate Bridge Project as it was under construction in the 1930s. Born in 1880, Perkins grew up in a middle-class household in Worcester, Massachusetts. After graduating from Mt. Holyoke University, she was drawn to social work as the Progressive movement of the early 20th century took shape.