Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810

On women’s view of their role in Colonial life. Contains dramatic readings of Benjamin Franklin’s “The Speech of Polly Baker,” excerpts from the letters of Abigail Adams, and Charles Brockden Brown’s “Alcuin: a Dialogue.” Episode three of the 14-episode series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959.…