One of the least known persons from Wyandot County, Ohio to achieve world-wide fame was Frances Edwina Dumm, seen in an image with her dog Sinbad. She was born in Upper Sandusky on July 21, 1893 to Frank E. Dumm and Anna G. Dennis and had one brother - Robert D. Dumm. She grew up with a love of art and was reportedly seen drawing and sketching much of the time as a young girl. Around the age of 21, she began working for the newspaper The Columbus Daily Monitor (Columbus, Ohio). In 1915, she was named the paper's full-time editorial cartoonist, becoming the first woman in the United States to hold such a prestigious position according to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus. Her first political cartoon was published on August 7 and her first signed artwork appeared in print on November 27, 1915. It is truly impressive that she was taken seriously as a political commentator since women would not hold the right to vote for another five years.
When the daily newspaper ceased operations in 1917, Frances moved to New York City to follow her dreams of becoming an artist. Her rough sketches for "Meanderings of Millie," prepared under her shortened name Edwina Dumm, were refined to become the famous comic strip (and later comic books) known as "Cap. Stubbs." The strip was renamed "Cap. Stubbs and Tippie," after Tippie was introduced in the 1930s being modeled after her very own Sinbad. The strip was syndicated from August 21, 1918 until her retirement in 1966 with the last strip appearing in papers on Saturday, September 3. Edwina also worked as a book and magazine illustrator, including creating a cover for LIFE magazine in January 1930. She was also the first woman to receive the prestigious Gold Key Award from the National Cartoonist's Hall of Fame. The Ohio State University hosts an online exhibit dedicated to her and her work at https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_exhibits/edwinadumm/index.html. Edwina died at her home on April 28, 1990 in Manhattan, New York. She was laid to rest near her parents and brother under a simple headstone in Upper Sandusky's Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Obituary for Edwina Dumm, Cartoonist, 96
Edwina Dumm, a syndicated newspaper cartoonist, died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 96 years old.
Miss Dumm began her career in 1915 as an editorial cartoonist for The Columbus (Ohio) Monitor, which has since gone out of business. Lucy Caswell, of the Cartoon, Graphic and Photographic Arts Research Library of Ohio State University, said Miss Dumm was the first woman in the country to work full time as an editorial cartoonist.
In 1917 Miss Dumm moved to Manhattan and continued her career under the name Edwina, with a comic strip called ''Cap. Stubbs.'' It was distributed by the George Matthew Adams Syndicate, which went out of business in the 1940's.
''Tippy,'' a dog, entered the strip in the 1930's, which was then distributed by King Features under both titles.
Miss Dumm, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, retired in 1966, and the comic strip ended.
There are no immediate survivors.
When the daily newspaper ceased operations in 1917, Frances moved to New York City to follow her dreams of becoming an artist. Her rough sketches for "Meanderings of Millie," prepared under her shortened name Edwina Dumm, were refined to become the famous comic strip (and later comic books) known as "Cap. Stubbs." The strip was renamed "Cap. Stubbs and Tippie," after Tippie was introduced in the 1930s being modeled after her very own Sinbad. The strip was syndicated from August 21, 1918 until her retirement in 1966 with the last strip appearing in papers on Saturday, September 3. Edwina also worked as a book and magazine illustrator, including creating a cover for LIFE magazine in January 1930. She was also the first woman to receive the prestigious Gold Key Award from the National Cartoonist's Hall of Fame. The Ohio State University hosts an online exhibit dedicated to her and her work at https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_exhibits/edwinadumm/index.html. Edwina died at her home on April 28, 1990 in Manhattan, New York. She was laid to rest near her parents and brother under a simple headstone in Upper Sandusky's Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Obituary for Edwina Dumm, Cartoonist, 96
Edwina Dumm, a syndicated newspaper cartoonist, died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 96 years old.
Miss Dumm began her career in 1915 as an editorial cartoonist for The Columbus (Ohio) Monitor, which has since gone out of business. Lucy Caswell, of the Cartoon, Graphic and Photographic Arts Research Library of Ohio State University, said Miss Dumm was the first woman in the country to work full time as an editorial cartoonist.
In 1917 Miss Dumm moved to Manhattan and continued her career under the name Edwina, with a comic strip called ''Cap. Stubbs.'' It was distributed by the George Matthew Adams Syndicate, which went out of business in the 1940's.
''Tippy,'' a dog, entered the strip in the 1930's, which was then distributed by King Features under both titles.
Miss Dumm, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, retired in 1966, and the comic strip ended.
There are no immediate survivors.
One of the least known persons from Wyandot County, Ohio to achieve world-wide fame was Frances Edwina Dumm, seen in an image with her dog Sinbad. She was born in Upper Sandusky on July 21, 1893 to Frank E. Dumm and Anna G. Dennis and had one brother - Robert D. Dumm. She grew up with a love of art and was reportedly seen drawing and sketching much of the time as a young girl. Around the age of 21, she began working for the newspaper The Columbus Daily Monitor (Columbus, Ohio). In 1915, she was named the paper's full-time editorial cartoonist, becoming the first woman in the United States to hold such a prestigious position according to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus. Her first political cartoon was published on August 7 and her first signed artwork appeared in print on November 27, 1915. It is truly impressive that she was taken seriously as a political commentator since women would not hold the right to vote for another five years.
When the daily newspaper ceased operations in 1917, Frances moved to New York City to follow her dreams of becoming an artist. Her rough sketches for "Meanderings of Millie," prepared under her shortened name Edwina Dumm, were refined to become the famous comic strip (and later comic books) known as "Cap. Stubbs." The strip was renamed "Cap. Stubbs and Tippie," after Tippie was introduced in the 1930s being modeled after her very own Sinbad. The strip was syndicated from August 21, 1918 until her retirement in 1966 with the last strip appearing in papers on Saturday, September 3. Edwina also worked as a book and magazine illustrator, including creating a cover for LIFE magazine in January 1930. She was also the first woman to receive the prestigious Gold Key Award from the National Cartoonist's Hall of Fame. The Ohio State University hosts an online exhibit dedicated to her and her work at https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_exhibits/edwinadumm/index.html. Edwina died at her home on April 28, 1990 in Manhattan, New York. She was laid to rest near her parents and brother under a simple headstone in Upper Sandusky's Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Obituary for Edwina Dumm, Cartoonist, 96
Edwina Dumm, a syndicated newspaper cartoonist, died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 96 years old.
Miss Dumm began her career in 1915 as an editorial cartoonist for The Columbus (Ohio) Monitor, which has since gone out of business. Lucy Caswell, of the Cartoon, Graphic and Photographic Arts Research Library of Ohio State University, said Miss Dumm was the first woman in the country to work full time as an editorial cartoonist.
In 1917 Miss Dumm moved to Manhattan and continued her career under the name Edwina, with a comic strip called ''Cap. Stubbs.'' It was distributed by the George Matthew Adams Syndicate, which went out of business in the 1940's.
''Tippy,'' a dog, entered the strip in the 1930's, which was then distributed by King Features under both titles.
Miss Dumm, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, retired in 1966, and the comic strip ended.
There are no immediate survivors.
When the daily newspaper ceased operations in 1917, Frances moved to New York City to follow her dreams of becoming an artist. Her rough sketches for "Meanderings of Millie," prepared under her shortened name Edwina Dumm, were refined to become the famous comic strip (and later comic books) known as "Cap. Stubbs." The strip was renamed "Cap. Stubbs and Tippie," after Tippie was introduced in the 1930s being modeled after her very own Sinbad. The strip was syndicated from August 21, 1918 until her retirement in 1966 with the last strip appearing in papers on Saturday, September 3. Edwina also worked as a book and magazine illustrator, including creating a cover for LIFE magazine in January 1930. She was also the first woman to receive the prestigious Gold Key Award from the National Cartoonist's Hall of Fame. The Ohio State University hosts an online exhibit dedicated to her and her work at https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_exhibits/edwinadumm/index.html. Edwina died at her home on April 28, 1990 in Manhattan, New York. She was laid to rest near her parents and brother under a simple headstone in Upper Sandusky's Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Obituary for Edwina Dumm, Cartoonist, 96
Edwina Dumm, a syndicated newspaper cartoonist, died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 96 years old.
Miss Dumm began her career in 1915 as an editorial cartoonist for The Columbus (Ohio) Monitor, which has since gone out of business. Lucy Caswell, of the Cartoon, Graphic and Photographic Arts Research Library of Ohio State University, said Miss Dumm was the first woman in the country to work full time as an editorial cartoonist.
In 1917 Miss Dumm moved to Manhattan and continued her career under the name Edwina, with a comic strip called ''Cap. Stubbs.'' It was distributed by the George Matthew Adams Syndicate, which went out of business in the 1940's.
''Tippy,'' a dog, entered the strip in the 1930's, which was then distributed by King Features under both titles.
Miss Dumm, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, retired in 1966, and the comic strip ended.
There are no immediate survivors.
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