Pittsburgh Saturday Visiter

Founded in 1847, Jane Swisshelm was the editor and Robert M. Riddle printed the paper.

Journalist Jane Swisshelm was the founder of the Pittsburgh Saturday Visiter [sic] and she funded the work through money in her own estate and printed the paper with Robert M.

[2] The Saturday Visiter published women's rights, temperance, and abolitionist editorials.

[2] Riddle merged the paper with the weekly edition of his Commercial Journal, keeping Swisshelm on as editor.

[7][8] Frederick Douglass said, "There are few papers exerting greater influence than the Saturday Visiter, edited by Mrs.