A documentary about the life of Frances Perkins, secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, will be screened on Sunday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, 130 Center street, Vineyard Haven.

Ms. Perkins was the first female cabinet secretary and was a leader of social reform. She was a mentor of Al Smith, and under her tenure the Social Security Act, unemployment insurance, minimum wage, work hours and child labor were addressed. And yet, according to filmmakers Robert and Marjorie Potts, Ms. Perkins remains for many one of the most forgotten women in public life. Not so for mayor of New York Bill de Blasio.

In his Jan. 2014 inaugural address he said: “Nearly a century ago, it was Al Smith who waged war on unsafe working conditions and child labor. It was Franklin Roosevelt and Frances Perkins who led the charge for the basic bargain of unemployment insurance and the minimum wage . . . who challenged the status quo, who blazed a trail of progressive reform and political action, who took on the elite, who stood up to say that social and economic justice will start here and will start now.”

For those of us who need a refresher on this important life and the rise of social conscience in this country, this one-hour film, You May Call Her Madam Secretary, delivers.

For more information, call 508-693-0745.