The Courage to Meddle: The Belief of Frances Perkins with Tom Levitt

Streaming Premiere:
"The Courage to Meddle:
The Belief of Frances Perkins"
with Tom Levitt
[Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]

Author Tom Levitt discusses the biography "The Courage to Meddle." Frances Perkins, the most influential woman in global politics in the first half of the 20th century – and yet virtually unknown, especially outside her native USA.

00:00 - Lead-in
00:23 - Introduction
06:13 - Copper workers’ dispute of 1919
09:11 - Perkins builds connections
09:43 - European experience gives her insights for FDR
11:41 - Allies in Administration
13:33 - Religion and values
15:21 - Political circles
18:31 - People she left behind
23:53 - Long-term political legacy
26:29 - Closing statements
30:24 - Q&A