Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (1868–1940)

Elizabeth Corbet Yeats was the sister of W.B. (William Buter) Yeats, Jack Butler Yeats, and Susan Mary Yeats. She was educated at home and then trained and worked as an art teacher. She became involved in the Arts and Crafts revival movement led by William Morris and was a member of his artistic circle in London. She also studied printing with the Women's Printing Society.
The family returned to Dublin in 1900. That year, Elizabeth published an educational book for young children, Elementary Brush-Work Studies, which she wrote and illustrated. She and her sister joined Evelyn Gleeson to form the Dun Emer Guild to provide occupational training for young women in a number of trades, including bookbinding, weaving, embroidery, and printing. The trio lived and worked at Gleeson's large house in Dundrum, near Dublin. There they also founded the Dun Emer Press, which was run entirely by women and produced new works by modern Irish writers and translations of early Irish folklore. It was the first commercial printer in Ireland using hand presses exclusively.
Elizabeth Yeats managed the press beginning in 1902. In 1908, she moved the press to Dublin and re-named it Cuala Press. Cuala published fine editions of more than 70 books, including 48 by William, before Elizabeth's death in 1940.