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Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist Tatiana Gill warm palette and impressionistic sensibilityBy Nancy Goldstein. Published by University of Michigan Press. Softcover, 164 pages, B&W and Colour, 2019 (hardcover published in 2008) Description At a time of few opportunities for women in general and even fewer for African American women, Jackie Ormes (191185) blazed a trail as a popular cartoonist with the major black newspapers of the day. Her cartoon characters (including Torchy Brown, Candy, Patty Jo, and Ginger) delighted readers and spawned