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Quotes from A Woman Unafraid — Frances Perkins

1882–1965 United States

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[Florence Kelley's speech] first opened my mind to the necessity for and the possibility of the work which became my vocation.

A Woman Unafraid (1993)

We were in a terrible situation... Banks were closing. The economic life of the country was almost at a standstill.

A Woman Unafraid (1993)

I discovered for the first time, under the stimulus of that course and of that teacher, that I had a mind... My intellectual pride was aroused and the grim determination awakened me to get the most I could out of college.

A Woman Unafraid (1993)

And best (or worst) of all, I grew old during that time, so that now I am a settled and mature old spinster with an opinion on every topic under heaven... I've also acquired... a sense of humor—so that I no longer take myself and my doings seriously...

A Woman Unafraid (1993)

[I] wrote to anybody I knew who had any connection at all with charities to say I wanted a job, but had no experience.

A Woman Unafraid (1993)

One of the girls who was among my best friends came from a poverty-stricken home. Her family was delightful and I used to wonder how such things could happen...

A Woman Unafraid (1993)

What is the trouble? How can we cure this? ...What can be done? ...I had to do something about unnecessary hazards to life, unnecessary poverty. It was sort of up to me. This feeling... sprang out of a period of great philosophical confusion which overtakes all young people...

A Woman Unafraid (1993)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frances Perkins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.