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Printing in the Netherlands saw unprecedented growth beginning in the early 17th century. Much of the output of printers in the Northern Netherlands was intended for international distribution, which made this region an important intellectual center of Europe. Like elsewhere in Europe, the print trade was not well regulated, and the rules of the guilds that did exist were fairly lenient. In Amsterdam, for example, where membership in the guild was not required (as it was in England), women were fairly easily able to succeed to the businesses of their deceased husbands. Women also were able to take advantage of the extraordinarily high rates of literacy; by 1650, one third of women in the Dutch Republic were literate.

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  1. Introduction Sue Luftschein

Contents of this path:

  1. Sara Janssonius (c. 1646-1669) (The widow of Elizaeus Weyerstraet)
  2. Johanna Veris (1648-1712) (The widow of Theodore Boom)
  3. Susanna Veselaer (active 1671-1699) (The widow of Jan Jacobsz Schipper)
  4. Viduae Joannis van Someren (The widow of Joannis van Someren)