A Groundbreaking Woman

Yesterday, New Yorker cartoonist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_E._Hokinson" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Helen Hokinson</a> was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the <a href="https://societyillustrators.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Society of Illustrators</a> in New York City. My husband, cartoonist Michael Maslin, and I attended the lively celebration along with many wonderful artists we know. Michael wrote about it <a href="https://michaelmaslin.com/weekend-spill-helen-hokinson-inducted-into-society-of-illustrators-hall-of-fame/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, in his blog Inkspill. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*vrvj-Rn4FEuzp0Vm.jpeg" style="height:475px; width:700px" /> Since she had no living relatives, the Society of Illustrators asked if I would accept the award for her, and of course I said yes. It was a great honor. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*9KLfOzbpTg7_h4uY.png" style="height:720px; width:700px" /> I have written about Ms. Hokinson over the years, in my book and in essays for The New Yorker and elsewhere. She was a wonderful artist, and a groundbreaker, starting in the magazine in 1925 as one of very few women. <a href="https://lizadonnelly.medium.com/a-groundbreaking-woman-e947ab3b817f">Click Here</a>