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Frances Perkins - Champion of American Workers
by Ruth Cashin Monsell
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ruthmonsell
Jan 81 min read
In Memoriam
Our very dear friend, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, died yesterday in Elizabethtown, New York, in the hospital where he'd spent 5 days. He...
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ruthmonsell
Dec 16, 20241 min read
BULLETIN: THIS IS THE BIG NEWS DAY!!!
Today about 1:00 President Biden will sign to make the Frances Perkins ancestral homestead in Newcastle, Maine, a NATIONAL MONUMENT! ...
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ruthmonsell
Nov 23, 20241 min read
GIFT GIVING TIME...and a BLACK FRIDAY DEAL!
Greetings of the season. Coming up on Thanksgiving, I have so much gratitude for all the friends, followers and strangers who have warmly...
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ruthmonsell
Oct 19, 20241 min read
Boston, Sunday, Oct. 20!
I'll be at a downtown church at 11 AM speaking about Frances Perkins, and YOU'RE invited. Just follow the zoom link below. thanks. I'd...
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ruthmonsell
Oct 8, 20241 min read
TRUTH
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." -the Bible. It has always been one of my favorite verses of scripture,...
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ruthmonsell
Sep 28, 20241 min read
Welcome Fall and Welcome Back
Early fall finds me busy booking and planning yet more events and garnering new reviews. My latest 4 reviews are in the format of short...
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ruthmonsell
Sep 2, 20244 min read
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
It's the perfect day to celebrate Frances Perkins, whose work impacts all our lives every day. I can't say it better than Giovanna...
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ruthmonsell
Jul 24, 20242 min read
It's a Whirlwind!!
If I haven't written a new blog post in a while, it's because I've been flat out giving presentations and bookstore signings! Things are...
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ruthmonsell
May 30, 20241 min read
TUESDAY: FIRST PRESENTATION IN MAINE!
I'm mega excited! Only 5 days from now I'm doing my slide show, talk, readings, Q&A on the fantastic Miss Perkins at the beautiful CAMDEN...
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ruthmonsell
May 6, 20241 min read
My Dance Card is filling up!
So exciting: I already have six engagements to present the Frances Perkins story in mid coast Maine and have accepted an invitation to d...
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ruthmonsell
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Post 10: UPDATES, DATES & PARTY!!
Here we go at last. Two very successful presentations under my belt, one to teen students and one to adults and I'm about out of books, ...
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ruthmonsell
Apr 3, 20241 min read
WOO-HOOO! BLOG 9
My partner John's copy of the book, ordered last December, just arrived, and with it the Histria Books 2024 glossy covered catalog. My...
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ruthmonsell
Mar 26, 20241 min read
Getting there! EVENTS: Blog 7
It's EXCITING to have some variety planned in my first 6 public introductions/readings/signings/slide showings of my biography of Frances...
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ruthmonsell
Mar 6, 20242 min read
IT ARRIVED! - Blog 7
As this is "my first rodeo" as they say, I had no idea until a few days ago that I'd be opening my first box of MY FIRST BOOK (drum roll,...
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ruthmonsell
Mar 1, 20242 min read
New Publicity! Blog Number 6
I was excited that National Public Radio's popular and honored regular Podcast, "Maine Calling" focused on famous and important...
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ruthmonsell
Feb 18, 20241 min read
BLOG ENTRY 5: SIX WEEKS TO GO: GETTING THERE!
In the summer of 2022 I had the honor of portraying Frances Perkins onstage. I still have "her" attire in my closet, so that...
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ruthmonsell
Feb 9, 20241 min read
The Latest and Greatest!
News: All 9 Sherman's bookstores in Maine will carry my biography. I'll be doing signings in several, I believe. So far it's definitely...
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ruthmonsell
Jan 29, 20244 min read
BLURBS, CRITIQUES & REVIEWS: OH MY!
My First Reviews: All 3 gave me 5 stars!!! HERE'S NUMBER 1: Reviewed by Joe Wisinski for Readers' Favorite ***** Frances Perkins:...
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ruthmonsell
Jan 19, 20242 min read
The First Spark - Blog 3
It all began on a summer's day in 2012. Our local newspaper, The Lincoln County News, ran a major article on the start of tours of the...
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ruthmonsell
Jan 16, 20242 min read
My 12 Year Journey to Publication!
ENTRY II - Jan. 16: ONLY 75 DAYS TO PUBLICATION! Well, I'm not sure I have those moves, but I have that emotion! It's been a long time...
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