Wednesday, September 24, 2008

[IWS] FRANCES PERKINS CENTER to be Established

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016
-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Establishing the FRANCES PERKINS CENTER
http://www.francesperkinscenter.org/index1.html

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To remember Frances Perkins and revitalize her vision, we hope to establish the Frances Perkins Center at her family place on the Damariscotta River on the coast of Maine. The center would provide a place for students, scholars, and policy-makers to research and write about subjects related to and inspired by Perkins' dedication to improving the lives of working men and women.

Special Event
Please join the Newcastle Historical Society for an evening on Frances Perkins's life and work
Featuring KIRSTIN DOWNEY*
http://www.francesperkinscenter.org/october-11-2008.html


The presentation:

On October 11, 2008, the Newcastle Historical Society has invited Frances Perkins biographer, Kirstin Downey, to give a presentation about Frances Perkins's life and career with emphasis on her ties to Maine. This will take place at 7:00pm at the Skidompha Library in Damariscotta, Maine.

Suggested donation to Newcastle Historical Society: $10.00 per person

Here is a link to Kirstin Downey's new book which will be published next March:
The Woman Behind the New Deal - Random House
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385513654


A reception before the presentation:

Preceding Ms. Downey's presentation, the Newcastle Historical Society invites you to attend a reception with the author at Frances Perkins's family homestead, The Brick House on River Road in Newcastle, Maine from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

Suggested donation to Newcastle Historical Society: $20.00 per person
Please R.S.V.P. by October 8th to let us know if you plan to attend: < mailto:info@francesperkinscenter.org> info@FrancesPerkinsCenter.org


*KIRSTIN DOWNEY joined The Washington Post in 1988 and has won Press Association awards for her business and economic reporting. Most recently she shared in the 2008 Pulitzer Prize awarded to The Washington Post for its coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings. She was awarded a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University, where her research into the country�s economic history led to this biography. She lives in Washington, D.C.


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