On this day, October 21, 1944, illustrator and comic artist Nell Brinkley died in New   Rochelle, New York. While not formally trained, early in her career Brinkley produced ink drawings for various newspapers. Brinkley’s pretty girl illustrations, known as Brinkley Girls, were feminine, fun-loving, and more independent than Gibson’s Girls.

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