Benjamin Franklin and Polly Baker: The History of a Literary Deception

By Max Hall

Book Overview

Hall has made the first detailed investigation of Polly Baker. It leads through the exciting world of eighteenth-century journalism, literature, and statecraft. Ben Franklin occupies a position in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082295432X
• ISBN13: 9780822954323
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"

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Important Historical Record

Benjamin Franklin helped the woman's movement of the 18th century. Through the use of a hoax, Franklin helped to spread the word of woman's treatment by the justice system. By creating a person, Polly Baker, a person that exsisted only on paper; he was able to give the people a champion for women's rights. This book is fascinating as well as an important historical record.