The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Susan Ericksen
Susan Ericksen narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
200 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience is an audiobook by Kirstin Downey: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released April 12, 2016, on the History & Culture and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Ericksen
- Released
- April 12, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Women
- ISBN
- 9781515975472
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience as an audiobook?
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience?
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience is narrated by Susan Ericksen.
Is The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.