Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist Tatiana Gill and PM Press

and PM Press

Published by Soaring Penguin Press

translated by Andrea Rosenberg

indelible covers for The New Yorker

the book has won several awards

Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist Tatiana Gill and PM PressBy Nancy Goldstein. Published by University of Michigan Press. Softcover, 164 pages, B&W and Colour, 2019 (hardcover published in 2008) Description At a time of few opportunities for women in general and even fewer for African American women, Jackie Ormes (191185) blazed a trail as a popular cartoonist with the major black newspapers of the day. Her cartoon characters (including Torchy Brown, Candy, Patty Jo, and Ginger) delighted readers and spawned