Done at library of congress which is sponsoring todays events. Its a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings, theyre such Important Research materials there. And its all available free. These Public Access high braerz are really one ofst things that make our nation great. Now this is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is. But a lot of people dont. So lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . How many of you know someone working a 40hour week . More or less. Frances pirngs work. How many of you know a 12yearold who has quit going to school so she can work fulltime in a factory . Frances perkins work, her ban on child labor enacted in the fair standar
Because the entire book and the life of Francis Perkins were in the streets around this building and ill explain to you how that happened, and much of the research was done at the library of congress which is sponsoring todays, vents. Its a wonderful institution. The beautiful buildings. Theres such Important Research materials there and it is all available free and these Public Access libraries are really one of the things that make our nation great, and im very grateful to the library of congress for being here and for continuing to give us such wonderful material. Now, this is a selfselecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Francis Perkins is, but a lot of people dont, so lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Francis Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever recei
Now this is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Frances Perkins is, but a lot of people dont. So, lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Frances Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . How many of you know someone working a 40hour week . More or less. Frances pirngs work. How many of you know a 12yearold who has quit going to school so she can work fulltime in a factory . Frances perkins work, her ban on child labor enacted in the fair standards act made it possible to keep kids in School Longer instead of in mills and factories. Its awfully noisy here. I want to talk more so you know about the breadth of Frances Perkins accomplishments. A middleaged woman waited expectantly to meet with her employer at his residence
Pandemic. Putting together a big Public Program and the in the is difficult and the best of circumstances and the challenge is of bringing us together and keeping us safe is presenting a million new complications. Thank you for everything. Youve done make this happen. Im here tonight to talk about something wonderful. Something almost miraculous it marked a radical transformation when it occurred. It was contrary to centuries of what had gone on before when america actually prided itself on being a dog eat dog culture. Those were the times of the laissezfaire economy. In those days poverty in both childhood and old age were blamed on the victim. This suffering was believed to be in immutable condition of the human life. In the first centuries of our new republic human beings were left to sink or swim in the face of Economic Prosperity and unavoidable economic downturn. Some prospered but many were lost under the waves. Then starting in 1933 along came this Remarkable Development that w
Hawaii. Thank you so much bill. And i also like to single out ali for all your logistics work and making this possible tonight in the face of an ongoing global pandemic. Putting together a big Public Program and the in the is difficult and the best of circumstances and the challenge is of bringing us together and keeping us safe is presenting a million new complications. Thank you for everything. Youve done make this happen. Im here tonight to talk about something wonderful. Something almost miraculous it marked a radical transformation when it occurred. It was contrary to centuries of what had gone on before when america actually prided itself on being a dog eat dog culture. Those were the times of the laissezfaire economy. In those days poverty in both childhood and old age were blamed on the victim. This suffering was believed to be in immutable condition of the human life. In the first centuries of our new republic human beings were left to sink or swim in the face of Economic Pros