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.
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Barbara Brandon-Croft
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.
Blanche Grambs
American printmaker and social activist
Carol Tyler
Comic artist Carol Tyler came of age during the underground comix movement in San Francisco
Anne Harriet Fish
Designing more than 30 cover designs for Vanity Fair, Fish also created elegant cartoon, caricature, and illustration drawings that were published in other magazines including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan.
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.
Ethel Hill Henderson
Ethel Hill Henderson (1896-1971) managed the kiln and helped manage business affairs at the Dorchester Pottery Works factory.
Anita Kunz
Canadian illustrator, painter and editorial cartoonist
Marjorie Drake Ross
Specialist on the decorative arts and author of The Book of Boston series, helped to acquire appropriate objects for the Gibson House and directed the cataloging of the collection.