Labor/Employment,
Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Oct. 16, 2018
The day the New Deal was born
On March 25, 1911, a 30-year-old social worker named Frances Perkins was walking through Greenwich Village to visit a friend. A commotion arose and within minutes she witnessed one of the most horrid industrial disasters in American history.
James Attridge
Law Ofc of James Attridge
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U Denver School of Law
James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
On March 25, 1911, a 30-year-old social worker named Frances Perkins was walking through Greenwich Village to visit a friend. A commotion arose and within minutes she witnessed one of the most horrid industrial disasters in American history. A fire had broken out on the eighth floor of a nearby building and the updraft sent the flames to the stories above. A passerby named Joe Zito ran into the building and took control of its creaky elevator, managing to withstand th...
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