Emily Bliss Gould (c. 1825 - 31 August 1875 Perugia, Italy) founded a school for Italian children of limited means.
On 20 March 1871, Gould opened a home and school for Italian children in a room lent by a Vaudois clergyman.
Among the trades, that of printing was proposed as adapted to this end, as the increasing number of books and newspapers in Italy would demand good printers.
In the winter of 1871 it was suggested that a volume should be prepared by the authors living in Rome at that time, printed at the home, and sold for its benefit.
The book was not completed until after her death when it was printed at the home under the title of a Wreath to the Memory of Mrs. Emily Bliss Gould.