What was the point of Ben. Franklin writting in the Gazette, under the name Silence Dogood. I read this:::

Silence Dogood. Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated. Ben would sneak the letters under the print shop door at night so no one knew who was writing the pieces. They were a smash hit, and everyone wanted to know who was the real "Silence Dogood." (FROM SOURCE)

So basically, he just did it to get around that women weren't treated right? and if he did it under his own name then he would for sure get in trouble even quicker correct?


Source::: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/

I have never heard about this and do not really understand, can you explain a bit more please?

Well, as the article itself pointed out, If Ben had done it under his own name, his Brother James would never have published him..
You can see that he was showing some good literary sense even at that young age however. A series of opinion pieces from a teenage apprentice on social commentary would probably be dismissed as coming from a young hothead and disregarded..
Written by an old widow speaking from personal experience, however..It sounds authorative..

i got that from the movie as marduk calls it fake!!! lol..... lots of facts in that movie... but yeah Rex is right.. if you want more detail on Silence Dogood ill hook it up!

Many famous figures in history used to write under false names. The fact that Mr. Franklin decided to do the same for fear of prosecution is no surprise.

Mr Franklin was a man of many interests, and only used his real name for business purposes and scientific papers. My favorite Franklin advice is "Love thy neighbor, but don't trim the hedge". "Good fences make good neighbors." Shame mr. Butcher cowboy in Wash. DC can't read or relate that to world affairs.

who else wrote under false names?? Can you provide me with some?

Hermann Hesse published his book Demian under a fake name... cant recall the name at the moment but its a common practice among authors. There are many reason's they do it. In Hesse's case he didnt want peoples perception's of his earlier work to affect the way they viewed Demian because he had written it in a different style and with themes that he wanted to be taken on their own merit and not off his reputation.

And besides if something bomb's you dont have to take credit... but if its a success you can step in and pick up the credit. Anonymity has its uses

Stephen King wrote under the name Richard Bachman for a while when he started to believe that people were buying his books because he was writing them rather than for their literary content
i mean whats the difference he gets paid either way.
Mark twains real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens
The bible was supposed to be written by God but i have it on good authority that it was actually written by Louis Cypher

one of the bronte sisters wrote under a false name??
'wuthering heights'??

(*Source Link*)
Silence Dogood is a fictional character created by Benjamin Franklin.

In 1722, a series of letters appeared in the New-England Courant written by a middle-aged widow named "Silence Dogood". The letters poked fun at various aspects of life in Colonial America, such as the drunkenness of locals and the fashion for hoop petticoats.

Silence was particularly fond of ridiculing Harvard. She complained that it had been ruined by corruption and elitism, and that most of its students learned nothing there except how to be conceited.

Silence also wrote that she had once been married to a minister with whom she had lived for seven years before he had died, leaving her with three children. She coyly admitted that she didn't enjoy the life of a widow and could be easily persuaded to marry again.

The readers of the Courant thought she was a charming woman. So charming, in fact, that a few of the male readers themselves wrote in, upon learning that she was single, and offered to marry her.

Unfortunately for her would-be suitors, Silence Dogood didn't exist. She was the invention of a sixteen year-old boy named Benjamin Franklin whose older brother, James, was a printer in Boston. It is not known whether James was privy to the true identity of Silence Dogood, or whether, like the rest of Boston, he was fooled by his younger brother.

This was the first of Franklin's many hoaxes.


The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume I: Boston and London, 1722 - 1726 *Silence Dogwood articles list*

I'm willing to bet a lot of politicans have written under alias in newspapers of other wrotes to voice their opinions.

My real name is Jason Bourne.

I bet George Bush hasn't
he can't even read "My Pet Goat "
allegedly

i no all about silence dogood, but Asura do you know the others who wrote under false names? what other important people in history?

You still lost Mr. Ed?