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Signe Wilkinson was born on 25 July, 1950 in Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S., is an American cartoonist. Discover Signe Wilkinson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 25 July 1950
Birthday 25 July
Birthplace Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1950

Signe Wilkinson (born July 25, 1950, in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News.

Her work is described as having a "unique style and famous irreverence."

Wilkinson is the only female editorial cartoonist whose work has been distributed by a major syndicate.

Wilkinson was born into a Quaker family in Wichita Falls, Texas on July 25, 1950.

She later received a Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Denver.

After earning her degree, she attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; to support herself, she later worked with graphic design at the Academy of Natural Sciences, and various regional newspapers hired her as a stringer.

After Wilkinson received her BA in English, she began to pursue careers in journalism.

She worked as a reporter, stringing for the Daily Post, the King of Prussia, and the West Chester Daily Local News.

She also worked for the Quakers and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University before working for a housing project in Cyprus.

This job shortly ended due to a coup d'état in Cyprus, followed by a military invasion from Turkey.

Once Wilkinson returned to reporting, she would draw the people she reported on.

Realizing her interest in both art and politics, Wilkinson attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for the duration of a year.

During her time at the art school, she stringed for various Philadelphia and New York publications.

1980

In the mid 1980s, Wilkinson went on to work for the Philadelphia Daily News as a cartoonist where she still draws five cartoons a week.

1982

In 1982, she earned a full-time job at the San Jose Mercury News where she spent three and a half years working as a cartoonist.

1992

Wilkinson is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1992) and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

In 1992, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

The same year, she released her first collection of cartoons entitled, Abortion Cartoons on Demand.

Additionally, Wilkinson has also created cartoons for Working Woman, Ms., Organic Gardening, the Institute for Research on Higher Education and several other publications, such as the Friends Journal and the University Barge Club newspaper.

In 1992, she published her first collection of her work, entitled Abortion Cartoons on Demand.

1994

She served as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists from 1994 to 1995.

2005

In 2005, she released her second collection of cartoons, One Nation, Under Surveillance: Cartoon Rants on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Privacy.

2007

On November 21, 2007, Wilkinson launched a syndicated daily comic strip with United Media entitled Family Tree.

This strip focused on environmental issues.

2011

In 2011, Wilkinson received a Visionary Woman Award from Moore College of Art & Design.

She has also won four Overseas Press Club Awards and two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for Cartooning, along with other various awards.

Family Tree concluded on August 27, 2011.

For Organic Gardening magazine, Wilkinson created a comic strip entitled Shrubbery that centered on botanical and political topics.

The Washington Post Writers Group syndicated Wilkinson's cartoons.

Wilkinson and her husband live in Pennsylvania with their two birds, five goldfish, and a dog named "Ginger."

2020

In late 2020, Wilkinson retired as the editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News.

She still publishes cartoons in Sunday editions of the Inquirer.