Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

454-493 (40 pages) ABSTRACT: Reappraising Benjamin Franklin ... his character. Franklin's ideas about women, his writings about them, and his relationships with two kinswomen important to his ...

In the concluding chapter of “Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist,” Richard Munson summarizes the many Franklins that have been offered up to the reading public over the years.