When Ben Franklin was 16, he invented his first popular pen name, "Mrs. Silence Dogood,” in order to educate people about morals & money. Ben had an older brother who owned a newspaper called "The New-England Courant." He kept denying Ben's letters from being approved, so Ben invented the alternate personality, wrote some publications and submitted them to his brother under his pen name Mrs. Silence Dogood.
Mrs. Silence Dogood
Mrs. Silence Dogood
Mrs. Silence Dogood
When Ben Franklin was 16, he invented his first popular pen name, "Mrs. Silence Dogood,” in order to educate people about morals & money. Ben had an older brother who owned a newspaper called "The New-England Courant." He kept denying Ben's letters from being approved, so Ben invented the alternate personality, wrote some publications and submitted them to his brother under his pen name Mrs. Silence Dogood.