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The name of a character from the song-series Communications by Ghost & Pals! An absolutely lovely name if you ask me.
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Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, a heroic woman who founded an orphanage in New York city. A Catholic saint and subject of the movie "Cabrini". I admire her so much!
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Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a US presidential Cabinet and the architect of some of the 20th century's most significant progressive legislation.
Frances Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1880. She trained in the hard sciences, earning degrees in chemistry and physics from Mount Holyoke College. While at Mount Holyoke, she became involved in progressive politics and suffragist activities.
After graduating, she worked as a teacher and got involved in Hull House, where she worked alongside Jane Addams. She enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1907 and worked as a social worker in Philadelphia. She then moved to New York, where she enrolled at Columbia University and continued her work with the suffragist movement.
She began a long and significant career in labor activism beginning in 1910. In 1911, she witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which proved a deeply significant movement in her life.
In 1911, Perkins was having tea in New York City's Washington Square when she and her companions heard fire engines. Perkins ran to the scene, where she witnessed young women jumping to their deaths while the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burned. More than 100 died in the fire. Witnessing the event was a pivotal moment for Perkins, who later declared the day of the fire as "the day the New Deal was born."
Perkins gained respect from political leaders for her efforts and was appointed to various commissions. Her appointment was often met with criticism. Some viewed her as a radical - she, after all, got married in 1913 but refused to take her husband's last name. Manufacturers viewed her positions as harmful to their profits and made their displeasure known. She also had limited ties to organized labor, which concerned labor leaders. Nonetheless, she continued working for workers' safety.
As the Great Depression struck, Perkins became louder in her activism. When the administration of President Herbert Hoover declared in 1930 that employment was on the rise, Perkins called a press conference where she was eviscerated the administration's efforts.
Perkins became a partner of New York's governor, Franklin D. Roosevelt. With Roosevelt's blessing, Perkins began working on a system of unemployment insurance for the state. Upon Roosevelt's direction, she spent time in 1930 studying the British system of unemployment insurance. Returning late in the year, she began working to implement recommendations based on the British system.
In 1933, newly-elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Perkins to join his Cabinet. The two had worked together in New York politics.
At their first meeting, Perkins presented Roosevelt with a list that included: a 40-hour work week; a minimum wage; unemployment compensation; worker’s compensation; abolition of child labor; direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief; Social Security; a revitalized federal employment service; and universal health insurance. When Roosevelt agreed to support her, she agreed to take the job. She became the first woman in a presidential Cabinet. (Each of the four previous presidential administrations had rumored to be considering a woman in the Cabinet, though none had followed through.)
The press mocked Perkins' selection, calling her "Ma Perkins" and "Frances the Perk." In person, though, she insisted on being called "Madame Secretary." She ran the Department of Labor with a tight hold, and worked on writing New Deal legislation. Under her direction, Social Security was enacted in 1935; the Fair Labor Standards Act - including a minimum wage, maximum work hours, and banning child labor - was enacted in 1938. By the end of her tenure, the only item on her 1933 agenda left undone was universal health insurance, a goal that manages to still evade the United States in 2022.
In total, Perkins served twelve years as Secretary of Labor, including the entire duration of Roosevelt's presidency and the beginning of President Harry Truman's administration. A 1944 profile in "Collier's" magazine wrote that the New Deal was “not so much the Roosevelt New Deal, as … the Perkins New Deal.”
Much can and has been said about the sidelining of New Deal-ers toward the end of the Roosevelt's presidency and the beginning of Truman's. Truman himself was added to the 1944 presidential ticket by anti-New Deal forces and segregationists who viewed Roosevelt's unapologetically progressive vice president, Henry Wallace, as a threat. By the time Roosevelt died in April 1945, only a handful of original New Deal builders remained; Perkins was gone from her post at the end of June 1945, and by the end of 1946 Truman had replaced every remaining New Deal-er.
Perkins herself was appointed by Truman to commission positions, but left government service upon her husband's death in 1952.
Perkins taught at Cornell University from 1953 until her death in 1965.
Perkins died at age 85 in May 1965.
Frances Perkins was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1982.
An active Episcopalian, Perkins was recognized as a saint in the Episcopal Church in 2009: her feast day is celebrated May 13th.
Her homestead in Maine in currently in development as a National Historic Site, and her Washington, D.C. home has also been designated as a National Historic Landmark.
The headquarters of the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. was renamed in Perkins' honor in 1980.
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Frances Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1880. She trained in the hard sciences, earning degrees in chemistry and physics from Mount Holyoke College. While at Mount Holyoke, she became involved in progressive politics and suffragist activities.
After graduating, she worked as a teacher and got involved in Hull House, where she worked alongside Jane Addams. She enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1907 and worked as a social worker in Philadelphia. She then moved to New York, where she enrolled at Columbia University and continued her work with the suffragist movement.
She began a long and significant career in labor activism beginning in 1910. In 1911, she witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which proved a deeply significant movement in her life.
In 1911, Perkins was having tea in New York City's Washington Square when she and her companions heard fire engines. Perkins ran to the scene, where she witnessed young women jumping to their deaths while the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burned. More than 100 died in the fire. Witnessing the event was a pivotal moment for Perkins, who later declared the day of the fire as "the day the New Deal was born."
Perkins gained respect from political leaders for her efforts and was appointed to various commissions. Her appointment was often met with criticism. Some viewed her as a radical - she, after all, got married in 1913 but refused to take her husband's last name. Manufacturers viewed her positions as harmful to their profits and made their displeasure known. She also had limited ties to organized labor, which concerned labor leaders. Nonetheless, she continued working for workers' safety.
As the Great Depression struck, Perkins became louder in her activism. When the administration of President Herbert Hoover declared in 1930 that employment was on the rise, Perkins called a press conference where she was eviscerated the administration's efforts.
Perkins became a partner of New York's governor, Franklin D. Roosevelt. With Roosevelt's blessing, Perkins began working on a system of unemployment insurance for the state. Upon Roosevelt's direction, she spent time in 1930 studying the British system of unemployment insurance. Returning late in the year, she began working to implement recommendations based on the British system.
In 1933, newly-elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Perkins to join his Cabinet. The two had worked together in New York politics.
At their first meeting, Perkins presented Roosevelt with a list that included: a 40-hour work week; a minimum wage; unemployment compensation; worker’s compensation; abolition of child labor; direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief; Social Security; a revitalized federal employment service; and universal health insurance. When Roosevelt agreed to support her, she agreed to take the job. She became the first woman in a presidential Cabinet. (Each of the four previous presidential administrations had rumored to be considering a woman in the Cabinet, though none had followed through.)
The press mocked Perkins' selection, calling her "Ma Perkins" and "Frances the Perk." In person, though, she insisted on being called "Madame Secretary." She ran the Department of Labor with a tight hold, and worked on writing New Deal legislation. Under her direction, Social Security was enacted in 1935; the Fair Labor Standards Act - including a minimum wage, maximum work hours, and banning child labor - was enacted in 1938. By the end of her tenure, the only item on her 1933 agenda left undone was universal health insurance, a goal that manages to still evade the United States in 2022.
In total, Perkins served twelve years as Secretary of Labor, including the entire duration of Roosevelt's presidency and the beginning of President Harry Truman's administration. A 1944 profile in "Collier's" magazine wrote that the New Deal was “not so much the Roosevelt New Deal, as … the Perkins New Deal.”
Much can and has been said about the sidelining of New Deal-ers toward the end of the Roosevelt's presidency and the beginning of Truman's. Truman himself was added to the 1944 presidential ticket by anti-New Deal forces and segregationists who viewed Roosevelt's unapologetically progressive vice president, Henry Wallace, as a threat. By the time Roosevelt died in April 1945, only a handful of original New Deal builders remained; Perkins was gone from her post at the end of June 1945, and by the end of 1946 Truman had replaced every remaining New Deal-er.
Perkins herself was appointed by Truman to commission positions, but left government service upon her husband's death in 1952.
Perkins taught at Cornell University from 1953 until her death in 1965.
Perkins died at age 85 in May 1965.
Frances Perkins was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1982.
An active Episcopalian, Perkins was recognized as a saint in the Episcopal Church in 2009: her feast day is celebrated May 13th.
Her homestead in Maine in currently in development as a National Historic Site, and her Washington, D.C. home has also been designated as a National Historic Landmark.
The headquarters of the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. was renamed in Perkins' honor in 1980.
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Dr. Frances Cress Welsing is an American psychiatrist. She is the author of The Isis Papers : The Keys to the Colors.
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Mackenzie Frances Ziegler is a dancer, singer, actress and model. She is known for starring on “Dance Moms” for six seasons with her mom, Melissa and sister, Maddie. She has also released several songs which include “Girl Party” and “Shine”. She has also starred on “Total Eclipse” as Cassie.
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Famous bearer Judy Garland (born June 10,1922 Frances Ethel Gumm).
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Martha Washington had a few relatives who bore this name.
Frances “Fanny” Bassett was Martha Washington’s favorite niece. She married George Washington’s nephew, George Augustine Washington.
Martha Washington’s mother was also a Frances — Frances Jones Dandridge.
MW also had a daughter with her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, named Frances Parke Custis, but she died as a little girl.
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Frances “Fanny” Bassett was Martha Washington’s favorite niece. She married George Washington’s nephew, George Augustine Washington.
Martha Washington’s mother was also a Frances — Frances Jones Dandridge.
MW also had a daughter with her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, named Frances Parke Custis, but she died as a little girl.
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Frances Kelsey (1914-2015) was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and researcher.
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"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Frances Bean Cobain is an American visual artist and model, and the only child of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love. Frances Cobain was born on August 18, 1992 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She was named after Frances McKee, the guitarist for the Scottish indie pop duo The Vaselines. Her middle name, Bean, was chosen because Kurt Cobain thought she looked like a kidney bean on the ultrasound.
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Frances Rose McIver is a New Zealand actress. Her mainstream feature film debut came in 2009's The Lovely Bones; other works include the films Predicament, and Blinder; as well as guest appearances in New Zealand-based shows Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and Legend of the Seeker. McIver was a series regular on Power Rangers RPM, and she has recurring roles in both Showtime's Masters of Sex and on ABC's Once Upon a Time.
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The actress Amanda Peet has a daughter named Frances, born in 2007. Frances has a younger sister named Molly, born in 2010.
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Frances Fisher (born 1952) is an English-born American actress. She played Rose's stuck-up mother in James Cameron's Titanic.
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Frances Ethel Gumm was the real birth name of the famous America actress, Judy Garland.
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Frances Ruffelle won a Tony Award for originating the role of Éponine in the English version Les Misérables.
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Gidget's real name from the Gidget movies. Her other nickname was Francy.
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In Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" Frances is the name of Hindley's (Cathy's brother) wife. She is a silly and physically weak character, but high spirited and loving towards her husband. She later dies shortly after giving birth.
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Polish cellist Frances Grace Borowska (born 5th July, 1992, Baltimore, Maryland, USA). She is the youngest of three children born to cellist Cecylia Barczyk and political-scientist Charles K. H. Borowsky, Ph.D.
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Frances Glass, nickname 'Franny', is a member of the famous Glass family created by writer J. D. Salinger. She's mentioned in several short stories and most notably in 'Franny and Zooey.'
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On June 15, 1905, Triplet sisters Annis, Sarah and Frances Waggoner are born in the United States. The three sisters each celebrate their 93rd birthdays in 1998 to earn the honors of oldest living triplets in the U.S. Sarah passes away on January 24, 1999 at 93 years, 223 days.
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I do believe that the famous George Gershwin had a younger sister named Frances. Although I'm not quite sure she's a "famous bearer" lol!
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Frances is the name of the protagonist in Betty Smith's 1943 novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," though she is called Francie throughout the book.
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"Baby" from 'Dirty Dancing's real name was Frances. I don't really like it so much on its own but I like "Mary Frances".
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This is the middle name of the late Princess Diana of Wales.
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Famous bearer is the English actress Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park, Timeline).
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Frances Gumm was Judy Garland's real name.
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Actress Frances McDormand is a famous bearer.
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Frances Bean - daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love - is named after Frances McKee from The Vaselines.
Frances Farmer was an American film actress.
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Frances Farmer was an American film actress.
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Author Frances Hodgson Burnett, who wrote Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden, and A Little Princess, is a famous bearer of this name. She had a son named Vivian (who was the inspiration for Cedric, the title character in Little Lord Fauntleroy).
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The name Frances is also the name of a big movie director in Spain. His name is Frances DeMendez.
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