The Victorian printer Emily Faithfull (1835 95) published Three Visits in 1884. The work is an account of her American lecture tours that took place in 1872 3, 1882 3 and 1884. Faithfull, a controversial and independently minded figure, campaigned for the employment and education rights of women. In 1860, Faithfull set up a printing establishment for women, the Victoria Press, where, despite fierce resistance from the printing trade, she employed and trained women as compositors. In 1862, she was made Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Queen Victoria. Faithfull, a talented speaker, lectured...
The Victorian printer Emily Faithfull (1835 95) published Three Visits in 1884. The work is an account of her American lecture tours that took place i...