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History of Women in Children's Book Illustration

Women in Victorian England
The 19th Century American Woman
Early Children’s Books
Early Color Printing
Publishing in America
Modern Printing
After the War
The Depression Years
After World War II
Conclusions

Anne Anderson
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Mabel Lucie Attwell
    Grimm's Fairy Tales and Peter Pan and Wendy
Cicely Mary Barker
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Harriet M. Bennett
Frances Brundage
    Books Written or Illustrated
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Clara Miller Burd
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Virginia Lee Burton
    The Folly Cove Designers
Barbara Cooney
    Books Written or Illustrated
    Barbara Cooney’s Scratchboard Technique
Maginel Wright Enright Barney
    Books Illustrated
    Textbook Illustrated
Wanda Hazel Gág
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Kate Greenaway
    Books Written or Illustrated
Bessie Collins Pease Gutmann
    Art Print Images
Ruth Mary Hallock
Trina Schart Hyman
    Interview
    Books Illustrated
    How I Work
    More Words of Wisdom
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Jesse Marion King
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
    Books Written or Illustrated
Henriette Willebeek Le Mair
    Child's Garden of Verses
Lois Lenski
    Books Written or Illustrated
Sarah Catherine Martin
Rose Cecil O'Neill
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Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Clara Elsene Peck
Helen Beatrix Potter
    Books Written and Illustrated
    Sketches and Studies
Helen Moore Sewell
Jessie Willcox Smith
    Influences, Style and Techniques
    Books Written or Illustrated
Amy Milicent Sowerby
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Florence Edith Storer
Margaret Winifred Tarrant
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    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Tasha Tudor
    Books Written or Illustrated

Recommended Reading

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18th century
Sarah Catherine Martin (1768)

19th century
Kate Greenaway (1846)
Harriet M. Bennett (c. 1850)
France Brundage (1854)
Jessie Willcox Smith (1863)
Helen Beatrix Potter (1866)
Elizabeth S. Green (1871)
Rose Cecil O'Neill (1874)
Anne Anderson (1874)
Jesse Marion King (1875)
Bessie Pease Gutmann (1876)
Amy Milicent Sowerby (1878)
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879)
Clara Miller Burd (c.1880)
Florence E. Storer (c. 1880)
Ruth Mary Hallock (c. 1880)
Maginel Wright Enright (1881)
Clara Elsene Peck (1883)
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888)
Margaret W. Tarrant (1888)
Henriette W. Le Mair (1889)
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (1891)
Wanda Hazel Gág (1893)
Lois Lenski (1893)
Cicely Mary Barker (1895)
Helen Moore Sewell (1896)

20th century
Virginia Lee Burton (1909)
Elizabeth Orton Jones (1910)
Tasha Tudor (1915)
Barbara Cooney (1917)
Trina Schart Hyman (1939)

Australia
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

Great Britain
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Cicely Mary Barker
Harriet M. Bennett
Kate Greenaway
Sarah Catherine Martin
Helen Beatrix Potter
Amy Milicent Sowerby
Margaret Winifred Tarrant

Holland
Henriette Willebeek Le Mair

Scotland
Anne Anderson
Jesse Marion King

United States
Frances Brundage
Clara Miller Burd
Virginia Lee Burton
Barbara Cooney
Maginel Wright Enright
Wanda Hazel Gág
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Bessie Pease Gutmann
Ruth Mary Hallock
Trina Schart Hyman
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
Lois Lenski
Rose Cecil O'Neill
Clara Elsene Peck
Helen Moore Sewell
Jessie Willcox Smith
Florence Edith Storer
Tasha Tudor

Alice in Wonderland
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Bessie Pease Gutmann
Amy Milicent Sowerby
Margaret Winifred Tarrant

Child's Garden of Verses
Cicely Mary Barker
Frances Brundage
Clara Miller Burd
Bessie Pease Gutmann
Ruth Mary Hallock
Henriette Willebeek Le Mair
Jessie Willcox Smith
Amy Milicent Sowerby
Florence Edith Storer
Margaret Winifred Tarrant
Tasha Tudor

Heidi
Frances Brundage
Clara Miller Burd
Maginel Wright Enright
Jessie Willcox Smith

Little Red Riding Hood
Frances Brundage
Maginel Wright Enright
Trina Schart Hyman
Elizabeth Orton Jones

Little Women
Frances Brundage
Clara Miller Burd
Barbara Cooney
Jessie Willcox Smith
Tasha Tudor

Peter Pan
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Trina Schart Hyman
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

The Water Babies
Anne Anderson
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Jessie Willcox Smith
Margaret Winifred Tarrant

Art Institute of Chicago
Maginel Wright Enright
Elizabeth Orton Jones

Art Students League
Barbara Cooney
Wanda Hazel Gág
Bessie Pease Gutmann
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
Lois Lenski

Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
Trina Schart Hyman
Virginia Lee Burton
Tasha Tudor

École des Beaux Arts
Elizabeth Orton Jones

Glasgow School of Art
Jesse Marion King

Heatherley’s School of Art
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Kate Greenaway
Margaret Winifred Tarrant

Howard Pyle Students
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Jessie Willcox Smith

Minneapolis School of Fine Arts
Clara Elsene Peck
Wanda Hazel Gág

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
Clara Elsene Peck
Jessie Willcox Smith

Philadelphia School of Design for Women
Bessie Pease Gutmann
Jessie Willcox Smith

Caldecott Medal and Honor
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (1938)
Wanda Hazel Gág (1939/1942)
Virginia Lee Burton (1943)
Elizabeth Orton Jones (1944)
Elizabeth Orton Jones (1945)
Tasha Tudor (1945/1957)
Virginia Lee Burton (1948)
Helen Moore Sewell (1955)
Barbara Cooney (1959/1980)
Trina Schart Hyman (1984-00)

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Wanda Hazel Gág
Virginia Lee Burton

Newbery Medal and Honor
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop (1932)
Wanda Hazel Gág (1929/1934)
Lois Lenski (1937-46)