Biography of benjamin franklins sisters

The story of Jane Franklin is the story of a woman living on the fringes of recorded history.

Jane Franklin Mecom (March 27, – May 7, ) was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin and was considered one of his closest confidants.

Ben Franklin's sister Jane, barely literate, all but lost to history, has a story as instructive as any maxim her favorite brother wrote.

This is the story of Benjamin Franklin's favorite sister, Jane Franklin Mecom.

Born on March 27, , Jane Franklin was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin, who referred to her as his favorite sibling.

Ben Franklin's sister Jane, barely literate, all but lost to history, has a story as instructive as any maxim her favorite brother wrote....

Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

Abstract:

A Finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction

From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself.

Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Unlike him, she was a mother of twelve.

In October , Book of Ages, Lepore's landmark biography of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, was published and nominated for the National Book Award.

Benjamin Franklin, who wrote more letters to his sister than he wrote to anyone else, was the original American self-made man; his sister spent her life caring for her children. They left very different traces behind. Making use of an amazing cache of little- studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one woman but an entire world—a world usually lost to history.

Lepore’s life of Jane Franklin, with