Signe Wilkinson, a retired Philadelphia editorial cartoonist has spent decades drawing images that reflect contemporary American life, and her work has been featured in the latest exhibit at Historical Society of Pennsylvania, writes Tamala Edwards for 6abc.
Her cartoons appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News for 35 years. Her cartoon themes range from Philadelphia, women’s issues, and national politics to education and health, among others.
Now, about 30 of her pieces over the years are on view at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
David Brigham, Librarian and CEO of the Historical Society of PA, noted that the current exhibit is called Cartoons as Political Speech in Colonial and Contemporary America.
According to Wilkinson, the pieces are all pretty new and have messages that everyone can think about. Her work is alongside political cartoons that date as far back to the 1760s.
In 1992, Wilkinson became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
“A cartoon is just one more way of keeping an eye on things,” says Wilkinson. “Somebody has to keep an eye on what goes on in the political life of our city, our state, our country.”
Read more about Signe Wilkinson and her decades of editorial cartooning work in 6abc.
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