DOCUMENTARY FILM
Summoned: Frances
Perkins and the General
Welfare - an hour-long historical
documentary includes narration with
dignitaries, historians, and journalists
who knew Frances Perkins or knew of
her, including: Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi, Journalist David Brooks,
Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC, Senator
George Mitchell of Maine.
CONTEXTUAL PRESENTATION / Q&A
Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall and
Christopher Rice, Westport residents, will
present a brief introduction to the film
with historical information about the life
of the first woman appointed to a
presidential cabinet including her
relevance to New York and personal
recollections of a grandmother.