349 Nancy Rubin Stuart, The Women Behind Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

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

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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There are a lot of books about Benjamin Franklin. They tell us about his youth and accomplishments in business, politics, and diplomacy. They tell us about his serious interest in electricity and science, and about his philanthropic work. But only a handful of these books tell us about Benjamin Franklin as a man. What did Benjamin Franklin think about and experience when it came to his private, lived life?

Nancy Rubin Stuart, an award-winning historian and journalist and author of Poor Richard’s Women: Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father, joins us to investigate the private life of Benjamin Franklin by using the women in his life as a window on to his experiences as a husband, father, and friend.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:04.0	Ben Franklin's World is a production of the Omahaundro Institute and is sponsored by
0:08.8	the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
0:11.0	Hello and welcome to episode 349 of Ben Franklin's World.
0:24.6	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:28.9	early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:33.0	And I'm your host, Liz Covart.
0:36.2	On January 17, 1706, Abby a folder in Josiah Franklin welcomed their ninth child into
0:42.4	the world.
0:43.4	It was baby boy that they named Benjamin.
0:46.4	That makes today January 17, 2023 the 317th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth.
0:53.8	There are a lot of history books and biographies about Benjamin Franklin.
0:57.5	They tell us about his youth and his accomplishments in business, politics and diplomacy.
1:02.6	They tell us about his interest in electricity and science and about his philanthropic work.
1:07.8	But only a handful of these books actually tell us about Benjamin Franklin as a man.
1:13.5	What did Benjamin Franklin think about an experience when it came to his private
1:17.9	lived life?
1:19.6	Nancy Rubin Stewart, an award-winning historian and journalist and the author of the book
1:24.4	Poor Richard's Women, Deborah Reed Franklin and the other women behind the founding father.
1:29.7	Joins is to investigate the private life of Benjamin Franklin by using the women in
1:34.0	his life as a window onto Franklin's experiences as a husband, father and friend.
1:40.0	Now during our investigation, Nancy reveals why we should explore the life of Benjamin Franklin
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