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ID	12896
Last Name	Timothy
First Name	Elizabeth
Title
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	1702-06-30
Date of Death	1757-04-02
Place of Birth	Amsterdam
Place of Death	Charleston
Related Firms	Elizabeth Timothy
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Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Timothy
Jackson Entry
Image URL	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Ann_Timothy_MET_DP168945.jpg
Notes	Née Villin. After her husband's death in 1738, Timothy took over her husband's newspaper. She is credited as the first female newspaper publisher in the US.

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"Timothy, Elizabeth" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 12896, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/12896. Accessed 2025-10-07.

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