Lunch and Learn: Hannah Watson and Women Printers in Early America

Women printers were never the majority within the early American print industry, but their work could prove to be the critical component in keeping print businesses and newspapers alive. Such was the case of Hannah Bunce Watson, widow of Connecticut Courant printer Ebenezer Watson, whose determination and grit in the face of adversity laid the foundation for the paper to stay alive into the twenty-first century.

Join us as New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, C.C. Borzilleri, addresses how printers like Hannah Watson engaged with their local communities, including colonial and early state governments, to build trusting relationships and sustain their businesses.

This virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register.

Questions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org.