Item Information

Dublin Core

Title

Frances Jurkowitz

Subject

Jurkowitz, Frances

Description

When Perkins was appointed Secretary of Labor, she asked her loyal secretary, Frances Jurkowitz, known as Miss Jay, to come to Washington with her. A dedicated and very hard worker, Jay was sometimes over-protective of Perkins, resulting in feelings of resentment against her boss.

Date

1934?

Language

eng

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Gift of Susan Perkins Coggeshall, 1973

MODS

Key Date

1934

Type of Date

Form/Genre

photographs

Repository Name

nnc-rb

Shelf Location

Box 150A, Envelope 3374

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

Collection

Frances Perkins Papers

Citation

“Frances Jurkowitz,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 6, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/330.