Anne Fisher: Gender and Print in Eighteenth-Century Newcastle upon Tyne

Crosbie, Barbara

Abstract

This paper investigates the working life of Anne Fisher (1719-1778), an author and educationalist who worked alongside her husband, Thomas Slack, in their printing office cum bookshop on Middle Street/Union Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Attention is focused on the question of gender, and how Fisher’s status as a married woman affected her working life. She had a long and successful career as an author of educational books, publishing under her maiden name, but her involvement in the print trade has been either forgotten or reduced to that of an ‘able assistant’ in her husband’s business. Exploring her working life both before and after her marriage helps to explain why her achievements have not always been recognised and exposes the full extent of her contribution to the print business that she and her husband established in 1763.

Citation

Crosbie, B. (2023). Anne Fisher: Gender and Print in Eighteenth-Century Newcastle upon Tyne. Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 6, vol. 2, 307-319

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 17, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 21, 2023
• Journal: Archaeologia Aeliana
• Print ISSN: 0261-3417
• Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: Series 6, vol. 2
• Pages: 307-319
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2049530
• Publisher URL: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/series.xhtml?recordId=1001112