Rose oneill biography

Biography

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and raised in rural Nebraska, Rose O'Neill (1874-1944) taught herself how to draw, achieved success at a young age, gained tremendous wealth from the creation of Kewpie dolls, and contributed to the women's suffrage movement. She created the first comic strip published by a woman in the United States, was married and divorced twice, and hosted events for celebrated authors, artists, and poets of the day, including James Montgomery Flagg, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Khalil Gibran, and Booth Tarkington, before settling down in the Ozarks region of Missouri.

O'Neill was raised in an artistic household where she was encouraged by her father to recite Shakespeare, read classics like Ivanhoe, and attend theater performances.[1] She first achieved artistic success at the age of thirteen when she won a drawing prize from the Omaha World-Herald.

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