Every American Knows the Declaration of Independence. Almost Nobody Knows the Woman Who Printed It

As Baltimore’s postmaster and printer to the Continental Congress, Mary Katharine Goddard produced the first official copy of the Declaration of Independence to include the signers’ names—and added her own.

by Meredith Herndon

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/06/22/every-american-knows-the-declaration-of-independence-almost-nobody-knows-the-woman-who-printed-it/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

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