NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION • November 13, 2024
Before President-elect Trump takes office, President Biden has a couple more months to continue protecting and enhancing our national parks. At the top of NPCA’s list is the opportunity to establish new national monuments through the Antiquities Act. In Maine, Biden could turn the Frances Perkins Homestead into a national monument that would interpret the life and legacy of the first female U.S. Cabinet member. As Secretary of Labor under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945, Perkins formulated policies and programs that bolstered the economy and helped working people across the country. The protections she secured for American workers are cornerstones of our society today, including Social Security, a minimum wage, unemployment insurance and a ban on child labor.