How trailblazing US labor secretary Frances Perkins quietly lobbied for Holocaust refugees

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : At the White House, Perkins battled anti-immigrant opposition, notably from the State Department, as well as claims that she was soft on communism, which led to her impeachment.
62% : She is widely credited with a key role in some of the administration's domestic achievements, including Social Security.
49% : "Before my work, it was a relatively unknown chapter," Graham told The Times of Israel about Perkins's attempts to help refugees.
49% : "People saw themselves as tax-paying citizens -- that's how they would sign their open letters," Graham said.

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