# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ann-smith-franklin
# Generated: 2026-09-03T13:22:27.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ann-smith-franklin"
name: "Ann Smith Franklin"
slug: "ann-smith-franklin"
description: "Ann Smith Franklin was an American colonial newspaper printer and publisher. She inherited the business from her husband, James Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin. She published the Newport Mercury, printed an almanac series, and printed Rhode Island paper currency. She was the country’s first female newspaper editor, the first woman to write an almanac, and the first woman inducted into the University of Rhode Island's Journalism Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American colonial newspaper printer and publisher (1696-1763)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1696-10-02"
deathDate: "1763-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.14
  momentum:             4.166666666666667
  historical:           6.346581333333334
  currentAttention:     23.14814814814815
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Smith_Franklin"
    title: "Ann Smith Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "آن سميث فرانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "آن سميث فرانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "এন স্মিথ ফ্ৰেংকলিন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Smith_Franklin"
    title: "Ann Smith Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Smith_Franklin"
    title: "Ann Smith Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Smith_Franklin"
    title: "Ann Smith Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4766680"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump