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Unseen Hands: Women Printers, Binders and book designers    
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Artist and Illustrators

Peggy Bacon
American, 1895-1987

Wanda Gág
American, 1893-1946

Elizabeth Shippen Green
American, 1871-1954

Clemence Housman
British, 1861-1955

W. Park Johnson

Shirley Jones
Welsh, 1934-

Susan E. King
American, 1947-

Clare Veronica Hope Leighton
British, 1898-1989

Maria Sibylla Merian
German, 1647-1717

Violet Oakley
American, 1874-1961

Frances Flora Bond (Fanny) Palmer
British, 1812-1876

Robin Price
American

Janet Rodney
American

Jessie Willcox Smith
American, 1863-1935

Kara Elizabeth Walker
American, 1969-

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German, 1918-

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Book and Bookplate Designers

Laura Gilpin
American, 1891-1979

Jane Bissell Grabhorn
American, 1911-1973

Shirley Jones
Welsh, 1934-

Susan E. King
American, 1947-

Robin Price
American

Janet Rodney
American

Kara Elizabeth Walker
American, 1969-

Women Designers of Book-Plates

Elizabeth Corbet Yeats
Irish, 1868-1940

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German, 1918-

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Bookbinders and Binding Designers

Margaret Armstrong
American, 1867-1944

Guild of Women Binders
British, active 1898-1904

Robin Price
American

S.T. (Sarah Terverbian) Prideaux
British, 1853-1933

Sarah Wyman Whitman
American, 1842-1904

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German, 1918-

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Booksellers and Publishers and Printing Historians

Jane Aitken
American, born in Scotland, 1764-1832

Lydia Bailey
American, 1779-1869

Iolande Bonhomme
French, active 1497-1556

Emily Faithfull,
British, 1835-1895

Ann Smith Franklin
American, 1696-1763

Ann[e] Catharine Hoof Green
American, born in Holland, ca. 1720-1774

Helizabeth de Rusconibus
Italian, active 1527

Beatrice L. Warde
American, 1900-1969

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Printers

Jane Aitken
American, born in Scotland, 1764-1832

Lydia Bailey
American, 1779-1869

Iolande Bonhomme
French, active 1497-1556

Center for Research on Women
Stanford University, 1982

Club of Printing Women
1955

Emily Faithfull,
British, 1835-1895

Ann Smith Franklin
American, 1696-1763

Jane Bissell Grabhorn
American, 1911-1973

Ann[e] Catharine Hoof Green
American, born in Holland, ca. 1720-1774

Shirley Jones
Welsh, 1934-

Susan E. King
American, 1947-

Robin Price
American

Nuns of San Jacopo di Ripoli
Italian, active 1476 - 1484

Janet Rodney
American

Helizabeth de Rusconibus
Italian, active 1527

Virginia Woolf
British, 1882-1941

Elizabeth Corbet Yeats
Irish, 1868-1940

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Type Designers

Elizabeth Friedlander
German 1903-1984

Bertha M. Sprinks Goudy
American, 1869-1935

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German, 1918-

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Typesetters

Bertha M. Sprinks Goudy
American, 1869-1935

Augusta Lewis Troup
American, 1848-1920

Women Setting Type at a Monotype Machine

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Miscellaneous

19th Century Occupations for Women in the Bookmaking Industry

Woman's Independent Government Currency

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