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'Rush': The Other Founding Father From Philadelphia Named Benjamin
September 2, 20187:41 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday
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Benjamin Rush, the medical doctor and Founding Father, took after the Renaissance-man civic participation of his mentor, Benjamin Franklin.
Charles Willson Peale/Courtesy of Crown
He is the lesser-known Founding Father from Philadelphia named Benjamin — the one whose face does not grace the $100 bill.
Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a doctor — arguably the most famous doctor in America — who became known as the American Hippocrates. During the Revolutionary War, Rush was alongside Gen. George Washington when he crossed the Delaware; he treated battlefield casualties behind enemy lines; and later, became a pioneer in the field of mental health.
He was also a bold abolitionist, an advocate for public education — for women's education, in particular — and a prolific writer.
Stephen Fried tells the story of the man who became "a footnoted founder, a second-tier signer" in his new biography Rush: Revolution, Madness & the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father.
'Rush': The Other Founding Father From Philadelphia Named Benjamin
September 2, 20187:41 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday
MELISSA BLOCK
Benjamin Rush, the medical doctor and Founding Father, took after the Renaissance-man civic participation of his mentor, Benjamin Franklin.
Charles Willson Peale/Courtesy of Crown
He is the lesser-known Founding Father from Philadelphia named Benjamin — the one whose face does not grace the $100 bill.
Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a doctor — arguably the most famous doctor in America — who became known as the American Hippocrates. During the Revolutionary War, Rush was alongside Gen. George Washington when he crossed the Delaware; he treated battlefield casualties behind enemy lines; and later, became a pioneer in the field of mental health.
He was also a bold abolitionist, an advocate for public education — for women's education, in particular — and a prolific writer.
Stephen Fried tells the story of the man who became "a footnoted founder, a second-tier signer" in his new biography Rush: Revolution, Madness & the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father.
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