WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, President Biden announced the designation of Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine as the country's newest national monument. The site recognizes Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet position in American history. President Franklin Roosevelt picked Perkins to head the Department of Labor, making her the first woman to hold a cabinet position. She went on to be th  more