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ish printing press in 1475. She was active in the family printing press business independently of her spouse.

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The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E.
' * Anna Bellavitis:
Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe
' * https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/printers Italian printers Italian typographers and type designers Women in publishing 15th-century Italian women Women printers 15th-century printers Medieval businesswomen Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 15th-century Italian businesspeople 15th-century Italian Jews Medieval Jewish women {{Italy-bio-stub

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