why did benjamin franklin write as silence dogood?

Question

can someone plz tell me in as much detail as possiable why benjamin franklin wrote as the widow silence dogood in the newspaper ? thank you

was there a particular reason for him writting in the paper what sort of stuff did he write about etc...

Answer 1

He worked as a copy boy for his older brother, they did not get along very well. If Ben submitted his stories in his own name they would not be printed.

So he would drop the stories off early at the news paper office and wait for his brother to read them, and print them.

After a few years he ran away from his brother.

Answer 2

"He then worked for his father for a time and at 12 he became an apprentice to his brother James, a printer. When Ben was 15, James created the New England Courant, the first truly independent newspaper in the colonies. When denied the option to write to the paper, Franklin invented the pseudonym of 'Mrs. Silence Dogood' who was ostensibly a middle-aged widow. The letters were published in the paper and became a subject of conversation around town. Neither James nor the Courant's readers were aware of the ruse, and James was unhappy with Ben when he discovered the popular correspondent was his younger brother. Franklin left his apprenticeship without permission and in so doing became a fugitive."