Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) - Francis Perkins and the US deficit

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A profile of Francis Perkins, the first woman cabinet officer in America, and columnist William Safire's grim evaluation of President Reagan's plan for the mounting US deficit.

Published on Friday, 2nd August 1985.

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