Vol. 87, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: WOMEN'S AND GENDER HISTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA, PART 1 (Summer 2020), pp. 454-493 (40 pages) ABSTRACT: Reappraising Benjamin Franklin in the context of the politics of his ...

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is considered to have written many famed expressions, some legitimately and others without evidence. There is no documented evidence that Franklin ever made this ...

While the answers to this question are multifaceted, the wisdom of one of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, offer a roadmap for us today. Franklin was more than just a statesman ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

Benjamin Franklin stated at the Constitutional Convention: 'History furnishes one example of a first Magistrate being ...

author of "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life;" and Erica Dunbar, Professor of History, Rutgers University. Moderated by Marty Moss-Coane (she/her), Host and Executive Producer of "Radio Times ...

Bells ringing out a familiar sound accompanied by a familiar face— Benjamin Franklin, who is no stranger to the City of Brotherly Love. But during this holiday season, this Ben is also stepping ...