12023-02-14T15:23:43-08:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6423925plain13498812023-02-23T09:28:38-08:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6Printing was introduced into Mexico in 1539, which is also the date of the first book printed in the Americas, printed by Juan Pablos. The first identifiable female printer in Mexico was Jerónima Gutiérrez y Núñez, the wife (and widow) of Pablos. However, and not surprisingly, the majority of women occupied the same realms in the print shops of Mexico as they had in Europe, as the wives and widows of printers.
1media/IMG_0676.jpg2023-02-13T16:36:41-08:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6María de Benavides (active c. 1684-1700)8plain2023-03-01T13:20:24-08:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6