Rivkah Bat Yisrael of Frankfurt

Rivkah bat Yisrael of Frankfurt represented the third generation of a large family of printers. Her father, Yisrael ben Moshe, set up his own print shop in Frankfurt. Rivkah learned the trade and worked with him. She began when she was very young and left her mark in several of the books published by her father. In one prayer book, she inserted in Yiddish: “I did this with my own hands, Rivkah, daughter of Yisrael, the owner of the printing press. Dear reader, if you find any mistakes, please excuse them, for I am only a child.”