Jen Sorensen

The first woman to win the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, Sorensen has addressed unequal treatment of women in the workplace in her cartoons and expressed concern about the small number of women in this field.

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Hilary B Price

American cartoonist whose innovative comic succeeds within the mainstream but also appeals to those who favor off-beat humor.

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Hongyi He

Hongyi He is a Chinese papercut artist recognized as a “master of folk arts and crafts” by UNESCO.

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Ethel McClellan Plummer

The first woman to publish a cartoon in the New Yorker, Ethel McClellan Plummer made cover designs and illustrations in the 1920s and 1930s for magazines of sophisticated fashion such as Vogue and Vanity Fair, as well as publications with broader appeal such as Life, Women’s Home Companion, Shadowland, and the New York Tribune.

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Etta Hulme

She began her cartooning career in 1954 at Austin’s Texas Observer and has been with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram since 1972.

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Dr Frances Heywood

In the 1930s Frances started the research for which she is best known and which led to her PhD, on the characteristics of the tin-based alloys used in making typeface.

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