Artist and Illustrators
Peggy Bacon
American,
1895-1987
Wanda Gág
American, 1893-1946
Elizabeth Shippen Green
American, 1871-1954
Clemence Housman
British,
1861-1955
W. Park Johnson
Shirley Jones
Welsh,
1934-
Susan E. King
American, 1947-
Clare Veronica Hope Leighton
British, 1898-1989
Maria Sibylla Merian
German, 1647-1717
Violet Oakley
American, 1874-1961
Frances Flora Bond (Fanny) Palmer
British,
1812-1876
Robin Price
American
Janet Rodney
American
Jessie Willcox Smith
American,
1863-1935
Kara Elizabeth Walker
American,
1969-
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German, 1918-
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Book and Bookplate Designers
Laura Gilpin
American,
1891-1979
Jane Bissell Grabhorn
American, 1911-1973
Shirley Jones
Welsh, 1934-
Susan E. King
American,
1947-
Robin Price
American
Janet Rodney
American
Kara Elizabeth Walker
American,
1969-
Women Designers of Book-Plates
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats
Irish,
1868-1940
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German, 1918-
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Bookbinders and Binding Designers
Margaret Armstrong
American, 1867-1944
Guild of Women Binders
British,
active 1898-1904
Robin Price
American
S.T. (Sarah Terverbian) Prideaux
British, 1853-1933
Sarah Wyman Whitman
American,
1842-1904
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German, 1918-
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Booksellers and Publishers and Printing Historians
Jane Aitken
American,
born in Scotland, 1764-1832
Lydia Bailey
American,
1779-1869
Iolande Bonhomme
French, active 1497-1556
Emily Faithfull,
British,
1835-1895
Ann Smith Franklin
American,
1696-1763
Ann[e] Catharine Hoof Green
American,
born in Holland, ca. 1720-1774
Helizabeth de Rusconibus
Italian,
active 1527
Beatrice L. Warde
American,
1900-1969
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Printers
Jane Aitken
American,
born in Scotland, 1764-1832
Lydia Bailey
American,
1779-1869
Iolande Bonhomme
French, active 1497-1556
Center for Research on Women
Stanford
University, 1982
Club of Printing Women
1955
Emily Faithfull,
British,
1835-1895
Ann Smith Franklin
American,
1696-1763
Jane Bissell Grabhorn
American,
1911-1973
Ann[e] Catharine Hoof Green
American,
born in Holland, ca. 1720-1774
Shirley Jones
Welsh, 1934-
Susan E. King
American,
1947-
Robin Price
American
Nuns of San Jacopo di Ripoli
Italian,
active 1476 - 1484
Janet Rodney
American
Helizabeth de Rusconibus
Italian,
active 1527
Virginia Woolf
British,
1882-1941
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats
Irish,
1868-1940
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Type Designers
Elizabeth Friedlander
German
1903-1984
Bertha M. Sprinks Goudy
American,
1869-1935
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
German,
1918-
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Typesetters
Bertha M. Sprinks Goudy
American,
1869-1935
Augusta Lewis Troup
American,
1848-1920
Women Setting Type at a Monotype
Machine
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Miscellaneous
19th Century Occupations for Women in the Bookmaking Industry
Woman's Independent Government Currency
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