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Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island

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Johann Berthelsen, Plaza Hotel in Winter, ca. 1950s. Oil on canvas.

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Jeanne Crain

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Vera-Ellen

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Illustration by Ellen Hattie Clapsaddle (American, 1865-1934)

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!

Meaning literally: “Happy Day of the Festival of Patrick to you!”

Pronounced: laa ey-lu paad-rig soh-na ghit!

10 Irish Phrases to Learn for St. Patrick's Day

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Illustration by Ellen Hattie Clapsaddle (American, 1865-1934), Erin ģo braģh

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Marilyn Monroe in the “Graduation” sitting, Los Angeles, June 1956. Photo by Milton Greene.

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(New York Public Library)

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Joan Crawford, 1930’s

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On This Day in New York City History March 4, 1933: Teacher, Women’s Rights advocate and New York City and State government servant Frances Perkins is appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his cabinet as the Secretary of Labor. In achieving this post, Perkins becomes the first women to hold a Presidential Cabinet position and was the first woman to enter the presidential line of succession. Perkins is the longest serving Secretary of Labor, having held the position for 12 years.

Perkins was influential in the development and application of many New Deal policies dealing with social security, unemployment insurance, federal minimum wage, and federal child labor laws. Perkins also served on the United States Civil Service Commission under President Harry Truman. While on the Civil Service Commission, Perkins advocated for women to be hired as secretaries and stenographer based on their qualifications instead of their physical attractiveness which had been the norm.

Prior to her Washington appointment, Perkins worked with then NYS governors Al Smith and FDR in a variety of commissions where she successfully advocated for women’s labor rights. Her stance on labor rights for women was highly influenced by the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire that led to death of 123 women and girls and 23 men. Her efforts led to the passing of a 1913 NYS bill that capped the amount of hours women and girls could work in a week at 54-hours.

After her career in government service came to an end in 1952, Perkins would write a memoir of her time in FDR’s cabinet entitled “The Roosevelt I Knew.” She would also teach at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University until her death in 1965, at age 85.

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Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on the set of The Misfits, 1960.

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~ Charles Dana Gibson, "The Debutante" (1899)

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grace kelly on the set of 'the swan' (1956)

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Maria Callas & Grace de Monaco 1963

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Screenland Magazine, September 1929

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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Cecil Beaton, February, 1956.

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Marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/520748

Marines on the beach at Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/532543

Landing craft filled with supplies on the beach at Iwo Jima: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/513218