abstract:Mrs. Silence Dogood was a false persona used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published, after being denied several times to send a letter to the paper publication.
SilenceDogood was a slightly prudish widow from a rural area, created by a spunky unmarriedBoston16-year-old who had never spent a night outside of the city.
At age 16, prohibited by his youth and indentured status from writing newspaper articles, he began submitting them under the pseudonym "Silence Dogood, " a fictitious middle-aged widow.