Sarah Bache

The youngest child of Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, Sarah Franklin married Richard Bache in 1767, and bore eight children. After a decade devoted to her family, she joined Esther De Berdt Reed's fund-raising committee in Philadelphia. The committee organized women to further the patriot war effort and, after Reed died, Bache took over responsibility for the continued activities of the organization. Under Bache's leadership, the organization was able to raise more than $300,000 for the Continental Army. After the war, Bache returned to focusing on her family and domestic life..