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This undated image provided by the Frances Perkins Center, shows a barn that resides next to a home belonging to the late Frances Perkins, the nation's first female Cabinet member under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newcastle, Maine. Maine leaders said Thursday, Aug. 8,2 024, that they're asking President Biden to elevate the status of the homestead by making it a national monument managed by the National Park Service. (Frances Perkins Center via AP)

This undated image provided by the Frances Perkins Center, shows a barn that resides next to a home belonging to the late Frances Perkins, the nation's first female Cabinet member under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newcastle, Maine. Maine leaders said Thursday, Aug. 8,2 024, that they're asking President Biden to elevate the status of the homestead by making it a national monument managed by the National Park Service. (Frances Perkins Center via AP)

This undated image provided by the Frances Perkins Center, shows land and home belonging to the late Frances Perkins, the nation's first female Cabinet member under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newcastle, Maine. Maine leaders said Thursday, Aug. 8,2 024, that they're asking President Biden to elevate the status of the homestead by making it a national monument managed by the National Park Service. (Frances Perkins Center via AP)

This undated image provided by the Frances Perkins Center, shows land and home belonging to the late Frances Perkins, the nation's first female Cabinet member under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newcastle, Maine. Maine leaders said Thursday, Aug. 8,2 024, that they're asking President Biden to elevate the status of the homestead by making it a national monument managed by the National Park Service. (Frances Perkins Center via AP)

FILE - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Wagner Unemployment Bill at the White House in Washington, June 6, 1933. Standing behind him, from left, are: Rep. Theodore A. Peyser, D-N.Y., Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, and Sen. Robert Wagner, D-N.Y. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Wagner Unemployment Bill at the White House in Washington, June 6, 1933. Standing behind him, from left, are: Rep. Theodore A. Peyser, D-N.Y., Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, and Sen. Robert Wagner, D-N.Y. (AP Photo, File)