# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 472
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9424 "2022-06-10T18:59:47Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) ---
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**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) ---
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**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9427 "2022-06-10T20:05:52Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9428 "2022-06-10T20:06:22Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Madeline Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) ---
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**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) 6. Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) 7. Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education under Trump) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9430 "2022-06-11T01:55:12Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) 6. Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) 7. Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education under Trump) 8. Oveta Culp Hobby (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Eisenhower) Between Hobby’s appointment in 1953 and Frances Perkins (1933-1945) there was an 8 year gap with no women in the cabinet. Frances “Baby” Housman, heroine of _Dirty Dancing_, says that she was named for Frances Perkins, and is going to attend Mount Holyoke, Perkins’s Alma Mater. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9431 "2022-06-11T02:11:30Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) 6. Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) 7. Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education under Trump) 8. Oveta Culp Hobby (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Eisenhower) 9. Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State under George W. Bush) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9432 "2022-06-11T02:39:04Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) 6. Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) 7. Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education under Trump) 8. Oveta Culp Hobby (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Eisenhower) 9. Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State under George W. Bush) 10. Janet Yellen (Secretary of the Treasury under Biden) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9433 "2022-06-11T16:16:25Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) 6. Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) 7. Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education under Trump) 8. Oveta Culp Hobby (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Eisenhower) 9. Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State under George W. Bush) 10. Janet Yellen (Secretary of the Treasury under Biden) 11. Deb Haaland (Secretary of the Interior under Biden) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9434 "2022-06-11T16:18:11Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) 6. Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) 7. Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education under Trump) 8. Oveta Culp Hobby (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Eisenhower) 9. Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State under George W. Bush) 10. Janet Yellen (Secretary of the Treasury under Biden) 11. Deb Haaland (Secretary of the Interior under Biden) 12. Patricia Roberts Harris (Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Carter) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9435 "2022-06-11T22:04:05Z")
**Female cabinet officials (US)** 1. Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor under Roosevelt) 2. Kathleen Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services under Obama) 3. Elaine Chao (Secretary of Transportation under Trump) 4. Janet Reno (Attorney General under Clinton) 5. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State under Obama) 6. Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State under Clinton) 7. Betsy DeVos (Secretary of Education under Trump) 8. Oveta Culp Hobby (Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Eisenhower) 9. Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State under George W. Bush) 10. Janet Yellen (Secretary of the Treasury under Biden) 11. Deb Haaland (Secretary of the Interior under Biden) 12. Patricia Roberts Harris (Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Carter) 13. Elizabeth Dole (Secretary of Transportation under Reagan and Secretary of Labor under H.W. Bush) **Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9436 "2022-06-11T22:30:05Z")
**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9437 "2022-06-11T23:04:04Z")
**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed 3. Bismarck ---
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**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed 3. Bismarck 4. Cruller ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9439 "2022-06-12T02:05:55Z")
**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed 3. Bismarck 4. Cruller 5. Boston Cream ---
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**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed 3. Bismarck 4. Cruller 5. Boston Cream 6. Cinnamon ---
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**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed 3. Bismarck 4. Cruller 5. Boston Cream 6. Cinnamon 7. Maple Bar ---
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**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed 3. Bismarck 4. Cruller 5. Boston Cream 6. Cinnamon 7. Maple Bar 8. **[Buttermilk Drops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLcCSqpJKs)** An original of the erstwhile McKenzies bakery chain in New Orleans. Still a favorite today with locals – many area donut shops make their own, hewing close to the original recipe. ---
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**Baker’s Dozen of Donuts** 1. Long John 2. Glazed 3. Bismarck 4. Cruller 5. Boston Cream 6. Cinnamon 7. Maple Bar 8. **[Buttermilk Drops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLcCSqpJKs)** 9. Jelly [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=473)