Benjamin Franklin and women edited by Larry E. Tise

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tise, Larry E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Relations with women.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Influence.

Women--United States--Social conditions--18th century.

Women.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 184 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa., Pennsylvania State University Press, c2000.

Contents:

Principal women in the life of Benjamin Franklin: a biographical glossary

Chronology of Benjamin Franklin's encounters with women

Introduction: Benjamin Franklin and the world of women

Family partnerships: the working wife, honoring Deborah Franklin / Sheila Skemp

Liberty and the rights of women: Sarah Franklin's declaration of independence / Larry E. Tise

Three women, three styles: Catharine Ray, Polly Hewson, and Georgiana Shipley / Claude-Anne Lopez

Sex and the married man: Benjamin Franklin's families / Jan Lewis

Petitioning with the left hand: educating women in Benjamin Franklin's America / Mary Kelley

Franklin, women, and American cultural myths / Carla Mulford

Salons and power in the era of revolution: from literary coteries to epistolary enlightenment / Susan Stabile.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-173) and index.

Papers of the annual Franklin symposium, held in May 1994 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and co-sponsored by the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the Friends of Franklin, Inc.

ISBN:

0271020342 (acid-free paper)

9780271020341 (acid-free paper)

0271020350 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

9780271020358 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

42771743