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　　“Kirstin Downey’s lively, substantive and—dare I say—inspiring

new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates Perkins’ career

but also deepens the known contradictions of Roosevelt’s

character.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air

One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s closest friends and the first

female secretary of labor, Perkins capitalized on the president’s

political savvy and popularity to enact most of the Depression-era

programs that are today considered essential parts of the country’s

social safety network.

Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of

the most influential women of the twentieth century. Based on eight

years of research, extensive archival materials, new documents, and

exclusive access to Perkins’s family members and friends, this

biography is the first complete portrait of a devoted public

servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the

landscape of American business and society.

Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin

Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, she

spearheaded the fight to improve the lives of America’s working

people while juggling her own complex family responsibilities.

Perkins’s ideas became the cornerstones of the most important

social welfare and legislation in the nation’s history, including

unemployment compensation, child labor laws, and the forty-hour

work week.

Arriving in Washington at the height of the Great Depression,

Perkins pushed for massive public works projects that created

millions of jobs for unemployed workers. She breathed life back

into the nation’s labor movement, boosting living standards across

the country. As head of the Immigration Service, she fought to

bring European refugees to safety in the United States. Her

greatest triumph was creating Social Security.

Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins’s own,

award-winning journalist Kirstin Downey gives us a riveting

exploration of how and why Perkins slipped into historical

oblivion, and restores Perkins to her proper place in history.

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　　Kirstin Downey is a frequent contributor

to The Washington Post, where she was a staff writer from

1988 to 2008, winning press association awards for her business and

economic reporting. She shared in the 2008 Pulitzer Prize awarded

to the Post staff for its coverage of the Virginia Tech

shootings. In 2000, she was awarded a Nieman fellowship at Harvard

University. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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媒体评论

　　“Kirstin Downey’s excellent new biography of Perkins . . . is

timed perfectly as the U.S. faces the worst economic meltdown since

the Great Depression.” —Dierdre Donahue, USA Today

　　“The book is more than a biography of an extraordinary woman. It

is a window to another time through which we are able to observe

the birthing pains of reforms we now take for granted. . . . Many

passages dealing with the Great Depression, immigration and the

impending world war could have been lifted from today’s news."

—Charlestown Post and Courier

　　“The New Deal was a big deal for America — and, as Kirstin Downey

shows in this illuminating and sparkling book, Frances Perkins, my

predecessor as Labor Secretary, was the moving force behind much of

it. Her legacy included Social Security, unemployment insurance,

and other initiatives that have improved the lives of generations

of Americans. With wit and insight, Downey recounts the

accomplishments of this singular woman and invites us to celebrate

her life.”  —Robert B. Reich, Professor of Public Policy at

the University of California at Berkeley and former U.S. Secretary

of Labor

　　“Kirstin Downey gives Frances Perkins the biography she deserves,

the story of a fierce advocate who put people first, a public

servant who was actually worthy of the name, and a bracing reminder

of what inspired government can do. Perkins ignored the glass

ceiling and changed America. This book is a joy!” —Nick Taylor,

author of American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR

Put the Nation to Work

　　“For all of her apparent modesty and fierce sense of privacy,

Frances Perkins wanted to be known by posterity for her

contributions to FDR and his New Deal, particularly Social

Security. An investigative reporter, Kirstin Downey has uncovered

France Perkins’s extraordinary strengths in shaping and securing

the central domestic accomplishments of the New Dealers. Despite

continuing impediments, Perkins, a social worker, successfully

broke into a man’s world and was a major player for all twelve

years of FDR’s administration. Downey deftly links the Progressive

movement of the early 1900s with the reforms Perkins helped FDR

achieve, particularly in his first two terms. In Downey’s skilled

hands, Frances Perkins at last emerges as a pivotal figure in the

most transformative twelve years of twentieth century American

history.” —Christopher N. Breiseth, President and CEO of The

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute“For his presidency to

succeed, FDR needed a strong labor secretary to restore jobs and

confidence. Perkins was that loyal lieutenant, as well as his

unrelenting prod and social conscience.”  —Mary Leonard,

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

　　“The story of Ms. Perkins turns out to be, in the sympathetic

hands of Ms. Downey, a remarkably good read, surprisingly full of

dramatic twists despite that motherly hat and low-profile

manner.”  —Priscilla Taylor, The Washington Times

　　“The current economic woes have, among other things, focused

attention once again on the New Deal. Books about the economics,

the politics and the personalities of the time have surfaced. 

Still, as a new book by award-winning business journalist Kirstin

Downey suggests, one of the most influential figures in shaping the

New Deal turns out to be a name few know today—and turns out to be

a woman.  Eight years of research, new documents and

interviews with family members were among the many sources Downey

drew on for her new and compelling portrait of ‘The Woman Behind

the New Deal.’” —Sarah Bagby, NPR

　　“It’s a provocative title, but Downey convinced me that Fannie

Perkins, of Beacon Hill, Worcester, and Mount Holyoke College, was

the woman behind the New Deal. Her book could not be more timely.”

—Alex Beam, Boston Globe

　　“Reading the biography of FDR’s Labor Secretary Frances Perkins

brings to mind the old saying about how Ginger Rogers had to do

everything Fred Astaire did, except backward and in high heels.

Perkins, the first female Cabinet member, not only had to do more

than her male counterparts to prove herself. . . .  Perkins

would have notched a place in history simply by taking the job. But

she earned it through a jaw-dropping number of accomplishments.

Perkins took a major role in shepherding through Social Security,

unemployment insurance, child labor laws and the minimum

wage.”  —Michael Hill, Associated Press

　　“At a time when the United States stands at the brink of another

economic meltdown calling for sweeping federal interventions,

Downey provides not only a superb rendering of history but also a

large dose of inspiration drawn from Perkins’s clearheaded,

decisive work with FDR to solve urgent problems diligently and to

succeed in the face of what seemed insurmountable odds.” 

—Publishers Weekly

　　“Prize-winning journalist Downey deconstructs the life of a

passionate labor advocate who became the nation’s first female

Cabinet member. . . . Making excellent use of personal papers and

of archival materials that include a 5,000-page oral history,

Downey allows Perkins to narrate much of the text, giving new life

to this often overlooked historical figure. . . . As a progressive

president again takes office in a time of economic crisis, Perkins

offers a vital role model.”  —Kirkus Reviews

书籍介绍

“Kirstin Downey’s lively, substantive and—dare I say—inspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates Perkins’ career but also deepens the known contradictions of Roosevelt’s character.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air

One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s closest friends and the first female secretary of labor, Perkins capitalized on the president’s political savvy and popularity to enact most of the Depression-era programs that are today considered essential parts of the country’s social safety network.

Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Based on eight years of research, extensive archival materials, new documents, and exclusive access to Perkins’s family members and friends, this biography is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant with a passionate personal life, a mother who changed the landscape of American business and society.

Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, she spearheaded the fight to improve the lives of America’s working people while juggling her own complex family responsibilities. Perkins’s ideas became the cornerstones of the most important social welfare and legislation in the nation’s history, including unemployment compensation, child labor laws, and the forty-hour work week.

Arriving in Washington at the height of the Great Depression, Perkins pushed for massive public works projects that created millions of jobs for unemployed workers. She breathed life back into the nation’s labor movement, boosting living standards across the country. As head of the Immigration Service, she fought to bring European refugees to safety in the United States. Her greatest triumph was creating Social Security.

Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins’s own, award-winning journalist Kirstin Downey gives us a riveting exploration of how and why Perkins slipped into historical oblivion, and restores Perkins to her proper place in history.

• 作者：蓝色水域 发布时间：2010-08-10 09:44:29

  人生长恨水长东，张恨水，鸳鸯蝴蝶派得代表，留给人们太多经典的作品

• 作者：GuMan 发布时间：2012-10-26 13:22:42

  （图书馆借阅•附笔记）简述超长趋势幸运或厄运者事例及随机事件概率，数术，回文，符咒，星相。直感建立在可靠的数据库之上，在后台运行深藏于潜意识。1：一切事情都可能发生2：可能发生的事迟早会发生。

• 作者：浮云能避日 发布时间：2021-08-14 01:11:34

  啥也不是

• 作者：北溟客 发布时间：2016-10-01 04:09:49

  很赞的校注本，除了笺注之外附录占了将近一半的篇幅，交游考、年谱、佚文考证、历代评价等等都有，所以其实也可以加个名叫朱敦儒研究。另朱的词是真心觉得对胃口，几乎是看一首喜欢一首，但这次翻了翻全集看到N首写于绍兴十二年后的太平盛世颂词后突然想明白一件事：朱敦儒后来深自痛悔上了长脚的船，恐怕不是出于多少家国之念、未泯良知，而仅仅是后悔长脚身后糟的太快咽气也太快、自己这班车搭的太不长眼而已。点校者的注解还是太厚道了。至于绍兴初年屡屡在诗词里作大言说要为国效力，但每次被召又都不赴这件事，倒是“知识分子”故态，不值惊奇了。PS 网上有PDF版的98版和此版差别不大。

• 作者：曾于里 发布时间：2012-04-01 16:00:27

  如果压缩成一个中篇会好得多

• 作者：water 发布时间：2018-10-13 21:33:19

  和谐的色彩，富于表现力的比例，阿拉贝斯克的装饰线条。Matisse: I am after an art of equilibrium and purity, an art that neither unsettles nor confuses. 好想住进 Matisse 的室内画里

• 我们为什么会沉默

  作者：唐山 发布时间：2011-06-11 18:30:24

  “房间里的大象”，这是英语中的一句成语，意思是一件事明明存在，但大家却视而不见，集体回避它。

  比如性，许多中国父母从不告诉孩子们它究竟是什么，所有与之相关的话题都在屏蔽之列，直到他们有一天自己撞上这只“房间里的大象”，如果足够幸运，他们的心灵也许不会受到伤害。

  每种文化都有人为制造的空白，但很少有人意识到，它是悲剧的源头。

  正如美国波士顿犹太人屠杀纪念碑上的一段文字：“当初他们追杀共产主义者，我没有说话，因为我不是共产主义者；接着他们追杀犹太人，我没有说话，因为我不是犹太人；后来他们追杀工会成员，我没有说话，因为我不是工会成员；此后他们追杀天主教徒，我没有说话，因为我是新教教徒；最后他们奔我而来，却再也没有人站出来为我说话了。”这是对“二战”那段历史的忏悔，正是因为所有有正义感的人没有站出来，于是，大家都成了奴隶。

  沉默的大多数，遂使“皇帝的新装”总能成功地上演，在人类的每一次悲剧中，都有“房间里的大象”的身影。我们明明知道什么是正确的，也有不忍之心，可为什么我们会一次次站在了看客的行列中，默许着罪恶的发生？难道，我们不同样会被命运所裹挟吗？当正义也暗淡时，谁又能幸免于灾难呢？

  这是一本小书，试图从更深层的角度去阐释“房间里的大象”，在作者看来，沉默不完全是因为道德的放弃，也未必完全出于功利目的，而是在我们的人性中，天然有一份幽暗：我们希望通过沉默来建立一种安全感，在无法沟通时，沉默是最好的共谋。所以，人越多，沉默就越可能发生，因为沉默时我们彼此相等，大家都是沉默者，所以个体便不用再承担责任，我们欣喜地发现，我们原来是大多数。

  人类成长的每个阶段，都在学习着沉默，最终，它融入了我们的血液中，成为了我们下意识的选择。不满、抗议、欢乐、鄙夷、哀伤、放弃……当所有这些都可以通过沉默来表达时，真相被遮蔽了，我们携手埋葬了未来。

  “沉默的大象”反映了这样的悲剧：在人性的深处，天然就有屈从、盲目的成分，当暴力来临时，我们很可能成为它的帮凶，而不是勇敢地说不。

  好世界与坏世界，只在一念之间，只有认识到人性的局限，我们才会对沉沦保持足够的警惕，因为共同的悲剧就在脚下，不站起来，就会陷入其中。

  用一本小书便能将如此深奥的道理讲透，伊维塔•泽鲁巴维尔笔下的魅力，令人钦佩。

• 不知所云

  作者：dikseg 发布时间：2013-05-26 10:25:33

  要说这是关于心理学的书，却又没怎么涉及到心理学研究的，只是偶尔出现一些“科学研究表明……”之类的。书名叫《艺术与癫狂》实在很误导人，书里面说的是“变态”，这与“癫狂”差得很远吧，最后作者也说了这是一种市场行为。又不是我有拿到书就一定读完的毛病，估计会被蒙住鼓里。

  洋洋洒洒的20万字也没能说出多少让人觉得信服的观点。作者似乎很通晓唐诗宋词，古文什么地堆得密密麻麻，再就是引用别林斯基和一些艺术家的自传，没多少自己的观点的样子。更要命的是，作者好像写着写着也变态（或者说“癫狂”）了。把很多修辞上的夸张当成是诗人正处于一种心理变态的状态中。李白首当其冲，什么“白发三千丈”之类的都拿来说事。这跟说李白是古惑仔，陶渊明近视眼如出一辙。

  好的艺术要有激情，好的艺术评论要有理性。