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Clementina Rind

American journalist

Clementina Rind

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    • DiedSeptember 25,

    Williamsburg, Va.

    OccupationPrinter
    Known&#;forFirst female newspaper printer and publisher in Virginia.
    SpouseWilliam Rind

    Clementina Rind (c. –September 25, ) was a Colonial American woman who is known as being the first female newspaper printer and publisher in Virginia.[1] Living and working in Williamsburg, Virginia, she took the printing press established by her husband, William Rind, after his death in Clementina continued to print The Virginia Gazette and also published Thomas Jefferson's tract A Summary View of the Rights of British America.[2]

    Early years

    Little is known about Clementina's early life.

    She was born around , possibly in Maryland.[3] Sometime between and , she married William Rind (), a printer in Maryland who worked in partnership with Annapolis printer, Jonas Green[4] on the Maryland Gazette.[5] William Rind and Jonas Green worked together until publication of TheMaryland Gazette was suspended in October as a protest to the Stamp Act of [1] Afterwards, the Rinds moved to Williamsburg sometime between late and early in response to an invitation William Rind had received to start The Virginia Gazette.[1] On May 16, , the first issue of William Rind's The Virginia Gazette was printed,[6] accompanied with the motto, "Open to ALL PARTIES, but Influenced by NONE."[1][7] Within this newspaper, William Rind printed local publications advertisements as well as information from the Virginia House of Burgesses (laws, resolutions, proclamations, and journals), a practice Clementina Rind would later continue.[8] As the printing press flourished, so too did their lives in Williamsburg.

    By , they were living on the Duke of Gloucester Street, in a brick building that served as both a work space and a family residence.[8] Together, Clementina and William Rind, built a life and family consisting of five children (one daughter and four sons) all of whom were born in Williamsburg, with the exception of the eldest who was born in Maryland.[4]

    Printing career

    Following the death of her husband in August , Clementina Rind edited and published The Virginia Gazette until [9] She managed the press out of her brick home, now the Ludwell–Paradise House in Colonial Williamsburg.[10] Rind printed submissions from female readers, giving the newspaper a strong female point of view.[5] In , Rind was the first to print Thomas Jefferson's A Summary View of the Rights of British America.[11]

    Rind became ill in August and died the following month in Williamsburg.[11] She had five children: William, John, Charles, James, and Maria.[3][5] She was honored as part of the first class of Virginia Women in History in [12]

    See also

    References

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      Printing press biography of williamsburg brooklyn Virginia Women in History. Parks is an iconic figure in colonial Virginia history, as well as the celebrated progenitor of the print trade in the Old Dominion. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. Then he issued the Assembly's desired compilation of the laws then in force , followed by a manual for county-court justices — The Office and Authority of a Justice of the Peace — both produced with the aid of George Webb, a respected New Kent County justice.

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    3. ^ abCarson, Jane D. (). James, Edward T.; James, Janet Wilson; Boyer, Paul Samuel (eds.). Notable American Women, , Volume III:P-Z.

      Printing press biography of williamsburg restaurant: The Uncommonwealth: Voice from the Library of Virginia. In setting a page of printed matter the colonial printer rapidly plucked the necessary characters, one by one, from their compartments in the upper and lower cases. By applying the force of the screw, the puller pressed the paper firmly against the inked type. Printing in Colonial Virginia Encyclopedia Virginia.

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    4. ^ ab"Rind, Clementina (d. )". .

      Printing press biography of williamsburg Like its Maryland predecessor, the Gazette was a weekly paper that was the source of official news and information. Krista N. The account that has been accepted as his history is one based on probability rather than hard fact. Following the death of her husband in August , Clementina Rind edited and published The Virginia Gazette until

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    5. ^ abc"Rind, Clementina (c. –)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia.
    6. ^King, Martha J. (). Kierner, Cynthia A.; Treadway, Sandra Gioia (eds.). Virginia Women: Their Lives and Times.

      Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.

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    7. ^Ewing, Kelley (). "A Much Obliged And Humble Servant: Clementina Rind's Virginia Gazette". The Uncommonwealth: Voice from the Library of Virginia. Archived from the original on Retrieved 10 August
    8. ^ ab"Rind, Clementina (d.

      Printing press biography of williamsburg hotel Legacies After the General Assembly ordered a new compilation of Virginia laws in , Parks embarked for England in search of new tools to complete the task. Krista N. Masthead of the Virginia Gazette. But wages were low, working hours were long, and the printer could keep his force on the job until the work was done.

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    9. ^"Browse Virginia Gazette By Date". Colonial Williamsburg.

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    14. ^"Ludwell-Paradise House".
    15. ^ ab"Clementina Rind, Printer". Virginia Historical Society. Archived from the original on 11 August Retrieved 4 August
    16. ^"Virginia Women in History Clementina Rind".

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