If you are eager to learn about #BenFranklin's short visit to #GlensFalls in 1776, make sure to check out the #ChapmanMuseum new exhibit.
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Thought provoking discussion of race awareness in America at @AmPhilSociety to celebrate #BenFranklin’s birthday. Franklin’s views on race were inconsistent and complex, but we can emulate his willingness to grapple w it throughout his life.

DYK #BenFranklin’s aphorisms of #misogyny in 1790s “Poor Richard’s Almanack”? “Neither a fortress nor a maidenhead will hold out long, after they begin to parley.” “Three things are men most liable to be cheated in,/ A horse, a wig, & a wife.” HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist

Deborah Read took #BenFranklin’s name, they lived together as man & wife, had two kids, & no one gave them any grief about it. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory