It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an illegitimate child and stole his best friend's girlfriend. He also wrote a friend a ...

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 ...

This Storytelling Activity Guide aims to support critical dialogues in group settings. The guide offers five multi-step and customizable activities, mutable to fit various group settings, designed ...

1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin knew better than most the benefits of self-education.

Amanda Norcross, Content & SEO Strategist Inspired by founding father and scientist, Benjamin Franklin, The Franklin Institute is fun for visitors of all ages – not just kids. Interactive ...

Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG/Getty ; Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Soul, but she was also the matriarch of her sizable family, including her four sons: Clarence Franklin ...