Alice Broad
Alice Broad (fl. 1661–1664), was the first female printer in York, England. She was also known as Alice Broade.
Early life
[edit]Alice Broad was the assumed widow of Thomas Broad (seventeenth century York printer) and took over the family printing business on his death in 1661.[1] The press was located opposite the Ye Olde Starre Inne on Stonegate, York.[2]
Broad was York's first female printer,[3] and indeed the only printer in York from 1661 to 1664. She remained the only female printer in the city for the duration of her career.
Printed publications
[edit]Works produced by Broad included religious publications, instructional books, visitation articles, local interest and a range of other subjects.
The last extant printing is generally considered to be Scarbrough-Spaw, or a Description of the Nature and Vertues of the Spaw at Scarbrough, Yorkshire, published 1667.[4] There is no definitive evidence of any further publications until the publication of Northumberland visitation articles followed by a book of poetry with John White in 1680.[5] John White married Hannah, the assumed daughter of Alice in 1680.[6]
York Minster Library houses eleven of the seventeen extant publications by Broad.
Later life
[edit]Broad's tools and presses went with Hannah Broad into her marriage with John White.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Davies, Robert, and Barr, Bernard. (1988). A memoir of the York press, with notices of authors, printers, and stationers, in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries; a facsimile reprint, with a new introduction and bibliography, by Bernard Barr. York: Spelman. p. 89. ISBN 095056351X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Sessions, William K. & E. Margaret. (1976). Printing in York: from the 1490s to the Present Day. York: Sessions. p. 22.
- ^ Print culture, agency and regionality in the hand press period. Basingstock: Palgrave Macmillan. 2022. p. 28. ISBN 9783030880545.
- ^ Sessions, William (1998). Thomas and Alice Broad(e): Parliamentary Printers of York from 1644 and their daughter Hannah. York: Sessions. p. 22.
- ^ Sessions, William (1998). Thomas & Alice Broad(e): Parliamentary Printers of York from 1644 and Their Daughter Hannah. York: Sessions. p. 24.
- ^ Sessions, William K. & E. Margaret (1988). Printing in York from the 1490s to the Present Day. York: Sessions. p. 24.
- ^ Print culture, agency, and regionality in the Hand Press Period. Basingstock: Palgrave Macmillan. 2022. p. 45. ISBN 9783030880545.