‘A Woman of Great Courage’: Women in the Printing Trades in Early Modern Europe

Susanna Veselaer (active 1671-1699) (The widow of Jan Jacobsz Schipper)

Susanna Veselaer married the printer Jan Jacobsz Schipper (1616-1669) in 1650. She collaborated with printers Joseph Athias and Hendrik Wetstein. Her printers' mark identifies her as "Chez la veuve Schippers" (House of the widow Schippers). After her husband's death she actually expanded his business, making it one of the largest printing establishments in Amsterdam.

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