TY - JOUR
T1 - benjamin franklin and women or, franklin’s women
AU - Mulford, Carla J.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Reappraising Benjamin Franklin in the context of the politics of his day, this article examines how his supposed questionable reputation with women dates to the time when he ran for the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1764. During that rancorous election, opponents slandered Franklin with scandalous remarks against his character. Franklin’s ideas about women, his writings about them, and his relationships with two kinswomen important to his life—Jane Franklin Mecom and Deborah Read Franklin—form the purview of a re-examination of the ages-old stories about Franklin and women.
AB - Reappraising Benjamin Franklin in the context of the politics of his day, this article examines how his supposed questionable reputation with women dates to the time when he ran for the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1764. During that rancorous election, opponents slandered Franklin with scandalous remarks against his character. Franklin’s ideas about women, his writings about them, and his relationships with two kinswomen important to his life—Jane Franklin Mecom and Deborah Read Franklin—form the purview of a re-examination of the ages-old stories about Franklin and women.
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U2 - 10.5325/PENNHISTORY.87.3.0454
DO - 10.5325/PENNHISTORY.87.3.0454
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091240450
VL - 87
SP - 454
EP - 493
JO - Pennsylvania History
JF - Pennsylvania History
SN - 0031-4528
IS - 3
ER -