Born: 1904, United States (assumed)
Died: 1974
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Dorothy Jones
The following is republished from the Library of Congress. This piece falls under under public domain, as copyright does not apply to “any work of the U.S. Government” where “a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties” (See, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 105).
Dorothy McKay (1904–1974), née Jones, trained at the California School of Art and the Art Students League in New York and quickly made her name as a humorous illustrator and cartoonist for such magazines as Esquire, the New Yorker, Life, and Colliers. She undoubtedly drew on her experience working in advertising agencies in creating scenes of women in business settings. The New Yorker published only six of her cartoons from 1934–1936, but she found other outlets, primarily Esquire, where her lively, deftly executed cartoons featured witty captions and sophisticated humor.