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Born October 8~ Faith Ringgold

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Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930) is an American painter, author, illustrator, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Ringgold

Sonny’s Bridge by Faith Ringgold
1986 / Acrylic on cotton canvas / 84-1/2″x60″ / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Faith Ringgold on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/faith-ringgold/

Further reading:
https://www.faithringgold.com/
https://www.thecollector.com/faith-ringgold-makes-it-possible/
https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/faith-ringgold-art-studio-glenstone

Books by Faith Ringgold: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/faith-ringgold.html

Born September 28~ Warja Lavater

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Warja Honegger-Lavater (September 28, 1913-May 3, 2007) was a Swiss artist and illustrator best known for utilizing pictograms as graphic representations of language in her later work.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warja_Lavater

Homo sapiens? (Folded Story, no.13) by Warja Lavater
1965 / Lithographs on cream wove paper / 6-7/16″x3-5/8″x7/16″ / Toledo Museum of Art, OH

Warja Lavater’s “Twenty-three hundred years of medical costume”: https://bit.ly/2Y9fWrI

Further reading:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4455/Honegger-Lavater/Warja
http://dallaslibrary2.org/blogs/bookedSolid/2020/02/warja-lavater-writing-pictures-and-drawing-books/
https://exhibits.library.illinois.edu/s/rbml/page/little-red-riding-hood

Born September 27~ Mary Grierson

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Mary Anderson Grierson (September 27, 1912-January 30, 2012) was a Welsh-born Scottish illustrator and longtime staff artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Grierson

Epigeneium Coelogyne by Mary Grierson
ND / Watercolor on paper / 15-3/4″x11-2/5″ / Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew, London, UK

Mary Grierson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-grierson/

Further reading:
https://www.huntbotanical.org/exhibitions/show.php?85
https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=4222
https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/about-mary-grierson.html

Born September 26~ Mary Shepard Greene

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Mary Shepard Greene Blumenschein (September 26, 1869-May 24, 1958) was an American painter, illustrator, and jewelry designer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shepard_Greene

“Dorothy Speaks in Meeting” / Illustration by Mary Shepard Greene
1915 / Story by Maravene Thompson in The American Magazine, February issue

Mary Shepard Greene on Tumbler: https://maryblumenschein.tumblr.com/

Further reading:
https://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/165364159321/pictured-above-is-mary-shepard-greene
https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/women-fight-for-the-vote/about-this-exhibition/new-tactics-for-a-new-generation-1890-1915/marketing-of-the-movement/harnessing-the-visual-power-of-postcards-and-greeting-cards/
https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/NM-01-055-0182

Born September 24~ Margaret Neilson Armstrong

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Margaret Neilson Armstrong (September 24, 1867-July 18, 1944) was a designer of cloth bookbindings who produced over 250 cover designs. She was also an accomplished botanist, editor, and author.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Neilson_Armstrong

Margaret Armstrong’s cover design and lettering for Twenty Centuries of Paris
Written by Mabell S.C. Smith / Published 1913 / Image from Project Gutenberg

Margaret Neilson Armstrong covers and illustrations on The Met website: https://bit.ly/3kBYK6G

Further reading:
https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/exhibits/margaretarmstrong/
https://rarebookschool.org/2005/exhibitions/armstrong.shtml
https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/3351

Born September 19~ Ethel Mars

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Ethel Mars (September 19, 1876-March 23, 1959) was an American woodblock print artist and children’s book illustrator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Mars_(artist)

Untitled (Woman at Shop Window) by Ethel Mars
c.1905 / Color woodblock print / 7-7/8″x6-1/8″ / Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Ethel Mars on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ethel-mars/

Further reading:
http://tworedroses.com/newsletters/newsletter09012018.html
https://www.juliehellergallery.com/ethel-mars
http://jcsm.auburn.edu/art-is-pride-a-look-at-the-lives-of-maud-hunt-squire-and-ethel-mars/

Born September 11~ Eileen Mayo

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Dame Eileen Rosemary Mayo DBE (September 11, 1906-January 4, 1994) was an English-born artist and designer who worked in England, Australia, and New Zealand in almost every available medium.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Mayo

The Toilet by Eileen Mayo
1942 / Woodcut / 3 3/4″x3″ / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Eileen Mayo on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/eileen-rosemary-mayo/

More links:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dame-eileen-mayo-18996
https://www.thegreatcat.org/the-cat-in-art-and-photos-2/cats-in-art-20th-century/eileen-rosemary-mayo-1906-1994-english-new-zealander/
https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/artist?irn=14861

Born September 5~ Nell Brinkley

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Nell Brinkley (September 5, 1886-October 21, 1944) was an American illustrator, comic artist, and creator of the immensely popular character the Brinkley Girl.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Brinkley

Cover for the Sunday Dayton Journal by Nell Brinkley / July 26, 1936
FROM https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/nell-brinkley

Nell Brinkley on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/nell-brinkley/

Further reading:
https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_albums/nellbrinkley/index.php
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/women/fascinating-women-nell-brinkley/
https://womeninillustration.tumblr.com/post/128707577398/nell-brinkley

Born September 1~ Elizabeth Shippen Green

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Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871-May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator. She studied with Howard Pyle at Drexel where she met Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith; Pyle nicknamed them The Red Rose Girls.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Shippen_Green

The Library by Elizabeth Shippen Green
1905 / Watercolor, oil, and charcoal on illustration board / 27-3/8″x16-3/8″ / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Elizabeth Shippen Green on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/elizabeth-shippen-green/

Further reading:
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/elizabeth-shippen-green
https://americanillustration.org/project/elizabeth-shippen-green/
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/elizabeth-shippen-green

Born August 26~ Dorothy Rutka

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Dorothy Rutka (August 26, 1907–May 20, 1985) was an American printmaker, painter, illustrator, and writer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Rutka

Strawberries by Dorothy Rutka
1936 / Color aquatint on copper, printed on paper / Cleveland, OH, Public Library Fine Arts & Special Collections

Dorothy Rutka on Google Arts and Culture~
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/dorothy-rutka-people-as-they-are-cleveland-public-library/hgVxB_uY-mCfqw?hl=en

Further reading:
https://montanamuseum.pastperfectonline.com/bycreator?keyword=Rutka%2C+Dorothy
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/collection/search?filter-artist=Dorothy%20Rutka
https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.artistsforvictor00land/?sp=69&st=text