# 1821 - 1980 15c Frances Perkins
1980 15¢ Frances Perkins
City: Washington, D.C.
Quantity: 163,510,000
First Female Cabinet Member
Born on April 10, 1880, in Boston, Massachusetts, Perkins attended Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry and physics in 1902. She went on to earn a master’s in political science from Columbia in 1910.
Having seen how effectively Perkins had performed in New York, newly elected President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to bring her to Washington, DC, in a similar capacity. On February 28, 1933, he appointed her secretary of the US Department of Labor. She was the first woman to ever be appointed to a cabinet position in the US (this also made her the first woman to enter the presidential line of succession). She was officially sworn in on March 4, 1933, the same day Roosevelt was sworn in as president.
1980 15¢ Frances Perkins
City: Washington, D.C.
Quantity: 163,510,000
First Female Cabinet Member
Born on April 10, 1880, in Boston, Massachusetts, Perkins attended Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry and physics in 1902. She went on to earn a master’s in political science from Columbia in 1910.
Having seen how effectively Perkins had performed in New York, newly elected President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to bring her to Washington, DC, in a similar capacity. On February 28, 1933, he appointed her secretary of the US Department of Labor. She was the first woman to ever be appointed to a cabinet position in the US (this also made her the first woman to enter the presidential line of succession). She was officially sworn in on March 4, 1933, the same day Roosevelt was sworn in as president.