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Benjamin Franklin and Women

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Benjamin Franklin was once certainly one of the vital important arbiters of American culture and society on the time of the Revolution, when the young nation was once establishing its constitutions, laws, and civil institutions. Franklin also played a major role in defining a new and important role for women on this society. This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars who are either authorities on Franklin or on the role of women in the eighteenth century to adjudge the record and intentions of Franklin on this most vulnerable facet of his character, life, and place in history.

The essays on this volume grew out of a symposium organized by Tise on the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. They fall into two groups, those that examine Benjamin Franklin’s relationship with women (sisters, relatives, love interests, and friends) and those who explore more most often the role of women in Franklin’s era. Topics addressed include Franklin’s theories on relations between women and men, the nature of marriage, the dangers in addition to the delights of sex, and the importance of education for women and men.


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