Facts: - death place: newport , rhode island - relatives: benjamin franklin , brother-in-law - credits: america 's first woman newspaper editor - gender: female - death date: 16 april 1763 - spouse: james franklin - alias: '' widow franklin '' - children: 5 - birth date: 02 october 1696 - name: ann smith franklin - ethnicity: american - birthname: ann smith - birth place: boston , massachusetts , united states - occupation: newspaper/almanac printer/publisher Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ann smith franklin .
ann smith franklin -lrb- october 2 , 1696 -- april 16 , 1763 -rrb- 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 , rhode island '' mercury '' , printed an almanac series , and printed rhode island paper currency .ann 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 .