Politics
In 1988, when Barbara Hackman Franklin served on the George Bush campaign’s Republican convention team, she would arrive every morning for staff meetings carrying a plastic bag filled with bran flakes and prunes.
Dec. 27, 1991
Business
Jewel Plummer Cobb is a woman very much in demand.
March 17, 1988
Archives
Collectibles: The Philadelphia company has licensing deals with the big names in corporate America. Executives credit its promotional power.
Jan. 23, 1996
Music
Aretha Franklin has canceled two scheduled performances later this month because of treatment she’s undergoing for an undisclosed medical condition, the Associated Press reports.
May 13, 2013
Aretha Franklin cancels 2 shows for undisclosed medical treatment
Franklin Tom, who was state corporations commissioner when the department approved now-bankrupt American Continental Corp.’
Sept. 1, 1989
World & Nation
Before a recent gathering of female union members, Shirley Franklin recalled how an 8-year-old boy had summed up her groundbreaking rise to power here.
April 20, 2003
“I believe that the officials, and, especially, the directors of corporations should be held personally accountable when corporations break the law.”
July 14, 2002