{"product_id":"poor-richards-women-deborah-read-franklin-and-the-other-women-behind-the-founding-father-hardcover","title":"Poor Richard's Women: Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Rubin Stuart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An engrossing look at the human side of Benjamin Franklin . . . Using a post-feminist lens that's critical of gender essentialism, Stuart rescues these women from obscurity . . . This is a terrific read: poignant, provocative, and probing.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Library Journal, Starred Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vivid portrait of the women who loved, nurtured, and defended America's famous scientist and founding father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone knows Benjamin Franklin--the thrifty inventor-statesman of the Revolutionary era--but not about his love life. \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard's Women\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the long-neglected voices of the women Ben loved and lost during his lifelong struggle between passion and prudence. The most prominent among them was Deborah Read Franklin, his common-law wife and partner for 44 years. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving detailed historical research with emotional intensity and personal testimony, Nancy Rubin Stuart traces Deborah's life and those of Ben's other romantic attachments through their personal correspondence. We are introduced to Margaret Stevenson, the widowed landlady who managed Ben's life in London; Catherine Ray, the 23-year-old New Englander with whom he traveled overnight and later exchanged passionate letters; Madame Brillon, the beautiful French musician who flirted shamelessly with him, and the witty Madame Helvetius, who befriended the \u003ci\u003ephilosophes\u003c\/i\u003e of pre-Revolutionary France and brought Ben to his knees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat emerges from Stuart's pen is a colorful and poignant portrait of women in the age of revolution. Set two centuries before the rise of feminism, \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard's Women\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the feisty, often-forgotten women dear to Ben's heart who, despite obstacles, achieved an independence rarely enjoyed by their peers in that era.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Rubin Stuart\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and journalist whose eight nonfiction books focus upon women and social history. Her most recently published works include \u003ci\u003eDefiant Brides\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Muse of the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation.\u003c\/i\u003e A former journalist, Stuart has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew England Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and national magazines. She serves as executive director of the Cape Cod Writers Center. Connect with her at nancyrubinstuart.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768095211808,"sku":"9780807011300","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a1bdc652b0a6787178773311af035b20.webp?v=1780324584","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poor-richards-women-deborah-read-franklin-and-the-other-women-behind-the-founding-father-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}