Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
(Paperback) pub date - 3/18/25
Becoming Madam Secretary is excellent, and about Frances Perkins (US Secretary of Labor 1933-1945 and responsible for many of FDR’s New Deal accomplishments). I’m from the US and don’t recall ever learning about Perkins, in any educational setting and learned a lot from reading this and googling while reading this.
I love well researched and well written historical fiction based on strong women characters, and I appreciate them even more when they’re based on actual people. And this is exactly that - the attention to detail was very impressive, the story was engaging, and I really enjoyed the opportunity to read and learn about this remarkable woman and her life.
This was my first book by the author - it won’t be my last 🙂
Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for the DRC














