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The Push To Impeach Perkins (1939) w/ Rebecca Brenner Graham

The Push To Impeach Perkins (1939) w/ Rebecca Brenner Graham

Update: 2025-01-26
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It's January 25th. This day in 1939, Republicans in Congress are holding hearings to impeach labor secretary Frances Perkins, claiming that she'd failed to deport a communist labor organizer.

Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Rebecca Brenner Graham to discuss why they were going after Perkins in this moment, and how the impeachment effort fits into the wide scope of Perkins's politics and activism.

Rebecca Brenner Graham, postdoctoral research associate at Brown University and author of the new book Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany.

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The Push To Impeach Perkins (1939) w/ Rebecca Brenner Graham

The Push To Impeach Perkins (1939) w/ Rebecca Brenner Graham

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