| LC control no. | n 2007061228 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ormes, Jackie, 1911-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Jackson, Zelda Malvin, 1911-1985 |
| Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1911-08-01 |
| Death date | 1985-12-26 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | Pittsburgh Courier Publishing Co. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People United Federation of Doll Clubs Chicago Negro Chamber of Commerce |
| Profession or occupation | Cartoonists Illustrators |
| Found in | Goldstein, Nancy. Jackie Ormes, c2008: ECIP title page (Jackie Ormes) data view (the first Black woman newspaper cartoonist, Ormes (1911-85) was the creator of four cartoon and comics series that ran in African American newspapers at various intervals from 1937 to 1956) African American National Biography, accessed March 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ormes, Jackie; Zelda Mavin Jackson; cartoonist / comic strip creator; born 01 August, 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; graduated from high school (1930); worked as an assistant proofreader at Courier, Pittsburgh (1930); created four cartoon series for the weekly newspapers Pittsburgh Courier and Chicago Defender (1940s-1950s); volunteer in producing fund-raiser fashion shows for Urban League, NAACP, Chicago Negro Chamber of Commerce, theater groups, housing projects; was put under surveillance during Cold War for participation in South Side Community Art Center, Artists' Guild, Cultural Club, Du Bois Theater Guild; was on founding board of DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago; was a member of the United Federation of Doll Clubs; died 26 December, 1985 in Chicago) |
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