Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, (Paperback)

from Othemts

Jill Lepore, one of my favorite historians, addresses the question put forth by Virginia Woolf regarding about Shakespeare's sister being equally brilliant but lacking the opportunity due to her sex through the history of Benjamin Franklin's sister Jane Franklin Mecom.  Jane was the youngest of t...

from RickGeissal

This biography of Benjamin Franklin's favorite sister, with whom he engaged in correspondence for nearly 60 years, is terrific. There is lots about Ben and apparently all that is known about Jane. She was the youngest daughter and he was the youngest son of their parents. They were close from an ...

from Jaylia3

Looking beyond great men and big events makes history leap to life--the captivating story of Ben Franklin's sister Jane I first learned about Jane "Jenny" Franklin in an earlier book by Jill Lepore, The Whites of Their Eyes, and though there isn't more than a few pages on her I was so moved and t...

from jwood652

Jane Franklin not famous...her favorite brother Ben, quite the opposite. Tnis book explores her life through letters to and from her famous sibling. Women during the 1700s were at disadvantage, no political power, poorly educated and generally considered as subordinate. Despite her poor spelling,...

from jwood652

Jane Franklin not famous...her favorite brother Ben, quite the opposite. Tnis book explores her life through letters to and from her famous sibling. Women during the 1700s were at disadvantage, no political power, poorly educated and generally considered as subordinate. Despite her poor spelling,...