Clementina Rind

Clementina Rind
statue of Clementina Rind at the Virginia Women's Monument
Bornca. 1740
DiedSeptember 25, 1774
Williamsburg, Va.
OccupationPrinter
Known forFirst female newspaper printer and publisher in Virginia.
SpouseWilliam Rind

Clementina Rind (c. 1740–September 25, 1774) 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 1773. Clementina continued to print The Virginia Gazette and also published Thomas Jefferson's tract A Summary View of the Rights of British America.[2]

  1. ^ "Clementina Rind, Printer | Virginia Museum of History & Culture". www.virginiahistory.org. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  2. ^ "Rind, Clementina (d. 1774)". www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved 2018-11-06.