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Jane Franklin Mecom (March 27, 1712 – May 7, 1794) was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin and was considered one of his closest confidants. Mecom and Franklin corresponded for sixty-three years, throughout the course of Ben Franklin's life, and some of their letters survive.
Jane Franklin Mecom. Born on March 27, 1712, Jane Franklin was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin, who referred to her as his favorite sibling. The sister and brother corresponded regularly during their lives, and Jane eagerly followed her brother’s scientific and political career through his writings and their correspondence.
1 de jul. de 2014 · Jill Lepore opens a smeared casement on the life of Jane, Benjamin Franklin's gifted sister, confidante and life-long correspondent. While Benjamin was able to forge a path to greatness from his obscure beginnings, Jane, trapped by gender, starved of education, was not.
- Jill Lepore
- $10.23
- Vintage
1 de set. de 2014 · This book, a deft and readable account of the life of Benjamin Franklin's sister Jane Franklin Mecom, is a gift to a public drowning in the perpetual flow of male “founders” history.
Jane Franklin Mecom was the youngest sister of Benjamin Franklin. She was not, in any other respect, overtly extraordinary. As a widowed, middle aged woman of Boston, struggling to keep herself afloat with a small business and often dependent on the charity of her relations, she must have been
19 de dez. de 2013 · Jane Franklin Mecom was the youngest daughter of the Franklin family and the sister of Benjamin Franklin. She kept a book of ages with the dates of births, marriages, and deaths of her family, and corresponded with her brother, who was a famous scientist and statesman.
26 de mar. de 2020 · Early during the research phase, I came across an exchange of letters between Jane Franklin Mecom (1712-1794) and Benjamin Franklin and was immediately inspired. Mecom was Franklin’s beloved younger sister.
