FDR Labor Secretary Frances Perkins wins'Lent Madness' tournament

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WASHINGTON (RNS) The NCAA's March Madness is down to the Sweet Sixteen, but Lent Madness has already skipped through the Saintly Sixteen, the Elate Eight, and the Faithful Four to crown an unlikely champion with a golden halo.

    Frances Perkins, a champion of the working poor and the first woman to serve in a White House cabinet, beat out St. Luke the Evangelist to win the single-elimination online tourney of Episcopal saints.