
Between 1557 and 1561, a group of former sex workers living in a Venetian convent operated one of early modern Europe’s first female-run printing presses, producing at least twenty-five works out of necessity and collective labor. Their overlooked contributions reveal how marginalized women used typography as a physical and spiritual act of self-redefinition, leaving behind a legacy of resilience embedded in the very material of their printed texts.
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