MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • September 1, 2024
Frances Perkins, America’s first female presidential Cabinet member, is in renewed limelight right now for a very good reason: a handsomely supported push to have President Biden designate a national monument in her name and memory. The move has this editorial board’s unreserved and enthusiastic support. A national monument in Maine for all time. And a fitting reminder to all of us, and generations to come, that there is much to do – and that it’s up to us to do it.