Dumm, Edwina (1893–1990)

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Dumm, Edwina (1893–1990)

American cartoonist. Born into a newspaper family in Sandusky, Ohio, 1893; died 1990; dau. of Frank Edwin Dumm; attended Art Students League of New York.

Worked as a political cartoonist for a Columbus, Ohio, newspaper; recruited by George Matthew Adams Syndicate to develop a comic strip about a boy and his dog (c. 1918), created Cap Stubbs and Tippie, for which she became well known; also drew a dog cartoon called Sinbad for Life magazine and illustrated a one-column feature, Alec the Great, written by her brother; was a strong supporter of women's rights.