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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.
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Introduction to Opening the Way
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Stop 01--Ruth Sulzbeger-Holmberg
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Stop 03--Charlotte Cooper
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Stop 04--Reverend Violet Dease Lee
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Stop 06--Gloria Jacobs
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Stop 11--Rita Henley Jensen
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Stop 17--Kirstin Downey
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Stop 18--Anna Quindlen
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Stop 19--Gloria Steinem
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Stop 20--Grace Glueck
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