Frances Goldsmith

Frances "Fran" Goldsmith, also called Frannie, is a main character who first appears in Chapter 2 of the Complete and Uncut Edition of The Stand by Stephen King. She is the female lead of the novel and most subsequent adaptations. She is pregnant for most of the story and gives birth to her child (Peter Goldsmith-Redman in the novel) only at the very end. More so than any of his other lead female love interests, she is clearly heavily based on King's wife Tabitha.

Under the Four Great Races hypothesis, she represents the "Yellow," or East Asians.

Backstory
Frances Goldsmith, daughter of Peter, was a college student at the University of New Hampshire, where she met her boyfriend, Jess Rider, a published poet. They made love on the beach of her hometown, Ogunquit, Maine, where she was a regular.

Story Arc
On June 17, 1990, Frannie meets her boyfriend Jess Rider to tell him she is pregnant. She is not sure she is in love with him, and his imperfect reaction to the news confirms for her that she is not. (Chapter 2)

Complete and Uncut Edition

 * Chapter 2 - first appearance; reveals she is pregnant