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Emily Faithfull was a member of the activist Langham Place Group (or Circle), which advocated for the employment of women in Victorian Britain. In 1860 she founded a printing works in London, the Victoria Press, which employed women compositors. One of the earliest publications of the Press was "Victoria Regia", a compilation of a variety of literary works selected and edited by fellow Circle member Adelaide Anne Procter, and issued as a strategic attempt to attract Queen Victoria's attention and support. In 1862 the Victoria Press for the Employment of Women was appointed "Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty."