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Clementina Rind (1740-1774) came to Williamsburg from Annapolis, Maryland,
with her husband, William, and five children. The Rinds established
a second newspaper in Williamsburg. When William died in August 1773,
Clementina assumed the editorship without missing a single issue of
the paper. Clementina was the editor of the Virginia Gazette from
1773 to 1774. She also ran a public printing business and acted as
publisher for the House of Burgesses, which meant that she was the
first woman to operate such an enterprise in the colony. Clementina
died of tuberculosis on September 25, 1774. |
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