When the darkness of the Great Depression swept across the globe starting in the 1930s, one woman in America lit the flame that would finally help bring light to millions of U.S. workers and their families. As we close out Women's History Month, the USW podcast Solidarity Works spotlights Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve as a president's cabinet secretary, as a reminder of what can be accomplished by ordinary people during extraordinary times.

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