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In the 1890s she lived at 3 Blenheim Road, Bedford Park, London and trained as a kindergarten teacher at the
Froebel College in Bedford, Bedfordshire. She undertook her teaching practice at the Bedford Park High School. In 1892 when her training was completed she taught as a visiting art mistress at
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Despite being a gifted printer, the costings exceeded the quality of work that Yeats produced with the result that the press (like the guild) was often at risk financially. Eleven books, decorated with pastels by
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from 1902 with a printing press acquired from a provincial newspaper. The Press was located at
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William M. Murphy. 'Dun Emer, 1902–1905'; 'William Butler Yeats and the Weird
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