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Stuart, Nancy Rubin

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Poor Richard's women : Deborah Read Franklin and the other women behind the Founding Father

Stuart, Nancy Rubin

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Summary: Benjamin Franklin: thrifty inventor, statesman of the Revolutionary era... lover of women. The most prominent among them was Deborah Read Franklin, his common-law wife and partner for 44 years. An independent, politically savvy woman and devoted wife, she raised their children, managed his finances, and fought off angry mobs at gunpoint while he traipsed about England. Stuart also introduces...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3092 STU

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FRANKLIN STU

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