216 A History of Stepfamilies in Early America

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 11 December 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What do George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln have in common?

They all grew-up in blended or stepfamilies.

Lisa Wilson, the Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of American History at Connecticut College and author of A History of Stepfamilies in Early America, takes us through the creation and interactions of blended and stepfamilies in early America.

This episode originally posted as Episode 027.

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's World is a production of the
0:02.6	Oma Hendro Institute.
0:04.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World.
0:07.5	Podcast about Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:11.5	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
0:17.0	Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and
0:25.0	welcome,
0:28.0	welcome to episode,
0:30.0	and now here's your host, Liz Koval.
0:28.0	Hello and welcome to episode 216 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:32.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you of Ben Franklin's World.
0:32.8	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:37.3	early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:41.9	Today we continue our four episode series about families in
0:44.7	early America with an investigation of step or blended families. Now last week
0:49.1	we revisited our conversation with Rachel Hope Cleese to explore how a model of family
0:53.8	the same-sex marriage which we often conceive of his modern and new to our 21st
0:58.2	century was in fact a type or configuration of family that early Americans formed and observed.
1:04.8	Of course, what is new about same-sex marriage families today is that same-sex couples
1:09.6	can marry officially and legally within the eyes of the state.
1:12.7	Whereas same-sex couples in early America,
1:15.1	would have only been seen as being married informally and unofficially
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