1935 - Architect of Social Security laws under Franklin Roosevelt

Social Security

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The driving force behind the law was FDR’s secretary of labor, Frances Perkins. She was the first woman to hold a U.S. Cabinet position and still holds the record for having the longest tenure in that job: she served from 1933 to 1945.

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