Teacher: Crystal Pennington
School: George Washington High School, Charleston, WV

Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "Once I read about her heroines, including Torchy in Heartbeats, and saw how strong and independent these women were, including being socially and politically aware, I could not wait to draw what I thought Jackie encompassed with her cartoons and journalism. Her heroines faced contemporary issues for their times and no matter what the deception, they always came through in the end."

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