{"product_id":"poor-richards-women","title":"Poor Richard's Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEveryone knows Benjamin Franklin—the thrifty inventor-statesman of the Revolutionary era—but not about his love life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoor Richard’s Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ephilosophes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e of pre-Revolutionary France and brought Ben to his knees.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoor Richard’s Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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. Written by Nancy Rubin Stuart. Hardcover; 224 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#21108738\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Congress Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54348048826684,"sku":"gke1788600995219","price":8.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/0286\/5724\/files\/poor-richards-women_1.jpg?v=1788600999","url":"https:\/\/www.bluebirdlane.shop\/products\/poor-richards-women","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}