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Elizabeth Olds

American printmaker, illustrator and painter

Emma Amos

In her work, artist Emma Amos often addresses issues of feminism, politics, culture, and her own personal history.

Dorothy McKay

Humorous illustrator and cartoonist for such magazines as Esquire, the New Yorker, Life, and Colliers.

Edwina Dumm

Beginning as a daily in 1918, her comic was expanded with a Sunday feature that ran from 1938 to 1963.

Cathy Guisewite

Debuting in 1976, Cathy Guisewite’s unapologetically autobiographical strip addressed romance, marriage, family relationships, pets, food, and work

Dale Messick

Messick’s Brenda Starr was a worthy female counterpart to male heroes marked a milestone among comics by women. At its peak, the strip ran in 250 newspapers.

Anne Mergen

Few if any other women held a comparable position while she worked as the editorial cartoonist for the Miami Daily News from 1933–1956.

In her comic that revolves around single black female characters, Brandon-Croft presents spirited, sometimes heated discussions addressing issues of race, identity, and relationships—topics atypical of most strips in the 1990s. Her work debuted in the Detroit Free Press in 1989 and in 1991 she became the first nationally syndicated black female cartoonist.

Barbara Shermund

A frequent contributor to the New Yorker, Esquire, Life, and other mainstream magazines of the day, she revealed a feminist attitude in her portrayals of women in atypical situations, yet did not avoid poking fun at women’s behavior in her work.