![]() Long dismissed by historians, she was an independent, politically savvy woman and devoted wife who raised their children, managed his finances, and fought off angry mobs at gunpoint while he traipsed about England. The most prominent among them was Deborah Read Franklin, his common-law wife and partner for forty-four years. Poor Richard’s Women (Beacon Press, March 2022) reveals the long-neglected voices of the women Ben loved and lost during his lifelong struggle between passion and prudence. This is a terrific read: poignant, provocative, and probing.”Įveryone knows Benjamin Franklin-the thrifty inventor-statesman of the Revolutionary era-but not about his love life. Using a post-feminist lens that’s critical of gender essentialism, Stuart rescues these women from obscurity. “An engrossing look at the human side of Benjamin Franklin. ![]() A vivid portrait of the women who loved, nurtured, and defended America’s famous scientist and founding father. ![]()
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