Here is an ad showing the building in which the Women's Co-operative Printing Office was housed, with its large painted sign
Here is an ad showing the building in which the Women's Co-operative Printing Office was housed, with its large painted sign. Reproduced by Patricia Keats, "Women in Printing & Publishing in California, 1850-1940," California History, 77 (1998) 93-97. By this time ownership or management had changed hands.
Advertisement dated 1869 or late for the Women's Co-Operative Printing Union or Printing Office
Ad reproduced by Patricia Keats, obviously promoting the women-owned aspect of the business.
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A: San Francisco, California, United States

Agnes Peterson Founds The Women's Co-Operative Printing Union in San Francisco

1868
Mae Silver, author of The Sixth Star, reproduced this advertisement for the Women's Co-operative Printing Union that was originally published in West Coast Journal, May 18, 1870
Mae Silver, author of The Sixth Star, reproduced this advertisement for the Women's Co-operative Printing Union that was originally published in West Coast Journal, May 18, 1870. This I found in foundsf.org.
Probably the first woman-owned printing business in California was the Women's Co-Operative Printing Union founded in San Francisco in 1868. The advertisements that I reproduced with this entry were all the evidence that I had of this business in November 2020.

Patricia Keats, "Women in Printing & Publishing in California, 1850-1940," California History, 77 (1998) 93-97.

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