President Joe Biden on Monday designated the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine, a national monument to honor the legacy of the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and longest-serving secretary of labor.

President Joe Biden has designated a new national monument in Maine honoring the country's first female cabinet secretary Frances Perkins. Perkins, a native of Massachusetts, was a key architect of some of nation's most sweeping labor laws and reforms.

President Joe Biden established a new national monument Monday honoring Frances Perkins, the first woman to hold a Cabinet position. Perkins, who served as labor secretary from 1933 to 1945, was a critical ally supporting former President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal agenda and a strong voice for organized labor.

President Joe Biden on Monday will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument in Maine honoring Frances Perkins.

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to serve in a presidential

Frances Perkins, the daughter of a Worcester shopkeeper and the secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was recognized by President Biden Monday with his designation of the Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine.

Biden is expected to visit the Labor Department on Monday to formally make the announcement and sign the proclamation that will establish the monument in Newcastle, Maine, the White House said.