Stop 17--Kirstin Downey

Kirstin Downey is an award-winning journalist and the author of a biography on Frances Perkins, called "The Woman Behind the New Deal." Downey wrote for the Washington Post from 1988-1998, covering business and the economy. Frances Perkins was the Secretary of Labor for the 12 years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. Here, Downey reads a quote from Perkins, in which she views the infamous 1911 Triangle Fire in New York City.