Frances Perkins Wilson (born
Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was the
U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the
first woman appointed to the
U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the
labor movement into the
New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet to remain in office for his entire presidency.