Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin, and the Age of Enlightenment Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 96, Part 1)
Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin, and the Age of Enlightenment Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 96, Part 1)
In 1782, Princess Ekaterina Dashkova was appointed dir. of Russia's Imperial Acad. of Arts & Sci. by Catherine the Great. It was just two years after she had met with another personality of the Enlightenment -- Benjamin Franklin, founding pres. of Amer. first scientific acad., the Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS). The essays in this vol., pub. as a companion to an exhib. of the same title & on the occasion of the Franklin Tercentenary of 2006, highlight Dashkova as an accomplished Enlightenment woman. They explore how she, ...
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In 1782, Princess Ekaterina Dashkova was appointed dir. of Russia's Imperial Acad. of Arts & Sci. by Catherine the Great. It was just two years after she had met with another personality of the Enlightenment -- Benjamin Franklin, founding pres. of Amer. first scientific acad., the Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS). The essays in this vol., pub. as a companion to an exhib. of the same title & on the occasion of the Franklin Tercentenary of 2006, highlight Dashkova as an accomplished Enlightenment woman. They explore how she, like Franklin, took up the challenge of living according to the newest ideals of her age. Nominated by Franklin in 1789 to become the first female member of the APS, she in turn made him the first Amer. member of the Russian Acad.
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VG (with unbroken spine, all pages clear and intact) Orange and bw illustrated wraps with white lettering on orange spine; 129 pp. with no illustrations. "In 1783, Princess Ekaterina Dashkova was appointed director of Russia's Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences by Catherine the Great. It was just two years after she had met with another fascinating personality of the Enlightenment-Benjamin Franklin, founding president of American Philisophical Society. This volume, published as a companion to an exhibition of the same title and on the occasion of Franklin Tercentenary of 2005, highlights Dashkova as an accomplished Enlightenment woman. It explores how she, like Franklin, took up the challenge of the living according to the newest ideals of her age. Nominated by Franklin in 1789 to become the first female member of the American Philosophical Society, she in turn made him the first American member of the Russian Academy."-blurb from back of book.
