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Cornelia Smith Bradford (d 1755) Printer & Newspaper Editor in Philadelphia
In 18C colonial British America, most women worked at home with their husbands to contribute to the family's economic support. But, during the period, a surprising number of women did become active in...
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18C Women Shopkeepers in Boston as a Revolution was Rising
A Woman Shopkeeper of the 1790s, by an Unknown Scotland Artist.From The National Park Service - Boston National Historical Park Cuming Sisters:"She-Merchants" of Boston by Polly Kienle, U.S. Park...
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Woman Shopkeeper in 1769 Boston, Mrs. James Smith (Elizabeth Murray)
Mrs. James Smith (Elizabeth Murray) Boston, 1769, by John Singleton Copley (American artist, Boston, 1738–1815)Elizabeth Murray was born in & spent the 1st 12 years of her life in Unthank,...
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Anne Catharine Hoof Green (c 1720-1775), “Printer to the Province” of Maryland
Anne Catharine Hoof Green (c. 1720-1775), “printer to the Province” of Maryland from 1767, until her death, was apparently born in Holland, & brought to Pennsylvania as a small child. On April...
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1738 South Carolina Newspaper Publisher - Immigrant & Widow Elizabeth Timothy
Elizabeth Timothy (d. 1757), printer & newspaper publisher, was born in Holland. She left Holland in 1731, with her husband Lewis & their 4 young children, all under the age of 6, sailing from...
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Ann Donavan Timothy 1727-1792 - 2nd Female Publisher of the South Carolina...
Ann Timothy (c1727-1792), printer & newspaper publisher, was born Ann Donavan, probably in Charleston, S.C. At St. Phillip’s Church in Charleston, on Dec. 8, 1745, she married Peter Timothy...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1770s Bunka Fashion College in Japan. Underneath the illustration the word Dutch is handwritten in pencil. Netherlands
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Clementina Rind 1740-1774, Printer for Thomas Jefferson & Editor of the...
Clementina Rind (1740-1774), printer & newspaper editor, wife of William Rind, public printer in Maryland & Virginia, is said to have been a native of Maryland. She may have been the daughter...
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Sarah Updike Goddard (c. 1701-1770) Printer & Mother of a Spoiled Son & a...
Printer's workshop (18th century woodcut). British Library. Shelfmark Harl.5915.(215.)Sarah Updike Goddard (c. 1701-Jan. 5, 1770), printer, was born at Cocumscussuc, one mile north of the village of...
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Baltimore Postmistress & Publisher Mary Katherine Goddard 1738-1816 & Her...
Mary Katherine Goddard (1738-1816) was the only daughter of Sarah Updike (1700-1770) & Dr. Giles Goddard (1703-1757), postmaster & physician in Groton & New London, Connecticut. Sarah...
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Jane Aitken (1764-1832) Philadelphia Printer, Publisher, Bookbinder, &...
Neues Bilderbuch für Kinder, 1799Jane Aitken (1764-1832) was an early American printer, publisher, bookbinder, & bookseller. Aitken was born in Paisley, Scotland, on July 11, 1764. She was the 1st...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1770s Bunka Fashion College in Japan. Underneath the illustration the word Dutch is handwritten in pencil. Netherlands
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18C Portrait of an American Woman
Mrs Sylvanus Bourne 1766 John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London) The Metropolitan Museum of Art tells us that Mercy Gorham (1695–1782) was born and raised on Cape Cod,...
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18C Portrait of an American Woman
1795 Mrs. Joseph Anthony Jr. (Henrietta Hillegas) Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)The Met tells us that Mrs. Joseph Anthony Jr., born Henrietta Hillegas in 1766, was one of ten children of Michael...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum
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18C Portrait of an American Woman
Mrs. John Winthrop 1773 John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London)The Metropolitan Museum of Art tells us that Hannah Fayerweather (1727–1790) was the daughter of Thomas...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum
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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington 1731-1802 (Mrs George Washington) -...
1757 John Wollaston, Martha Dandridge Custis (later Mrs George Washington)This is the biography of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington from the White House website:"I think I am more like a state...
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18C Portrait of an American Woman
1760 Joseph Badger. Colonial American Artist, 1708-1765, Sarah Larrabee Edes
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