"Our idea of what constitutes social good has……" — Frances Perkins
"Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and soul together was an achievement, to the great present when "good" includes an agreeable, stable civilization accessible to all, the opportunity of each to develop his particular genius and the privilege of mutual usefulness."
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Frances Perkins
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Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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To one who believes that really good industrial conditions are the hope for a machine civilization, nothing is more heartening…
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I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.
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