F. Y. Cory

F. Y. Cory (Fanny Y. Cory, Fanny Young Cory), October 17, 1877 in Waukegan, Illinois – July 28, 1972 in Stanwood, Washingtoncite web|url=http://www.fycory.com/baum/baum_bugle.htm|title=Fanny Y. Cory|author=Douglas C. Green|year=1973|date=Spring, 1973|accessdate=2008-01-29|publisher=The Baum Bugle] , was an artist and illustrator. She illustrated L. Frank Baum's books, The Master Key and The Enchanted Island of Yew. ["L. Frank Baum:" Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 46. Gale Group, 2002] She was a pioneering comic strip artist, authoring "Little Miss Muffet" and "Sonnysayings." [Astor, David (1995), "'Doonesbury' man discusses his strip," "Editor & Publisher," Sept 30, 1995 v128 n39 p30(2). Article reports on a meeting with several speakers; "Fanny Cory, author of Little Miss Muffet" was mentioned in a talk by Trina Robbins, author of "A Century of Women Cartoonists."]

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* [http://www.fycory.com/montmag/montmag.htm Montana Mother and Artist] , from the Summer 1980 issue of Montana - The Magazine of Western History
* [http://www.fycory.com/montmag/montmag_1988.htm Fanny’s World: The life and Art of Fanny Cory Cooney] , from the May-June 1988 issue of Montana Magazine
* [http://www.fycory.com/articles/Sayre_tales.htm Growing Up In Montana With Pioneer Artist F.Y. Cory (Cooney)] , reminiscences from her relatives
* [http://www.fycory.com/baum/baum_bugle.htm Fanny Y. Cory] , from the Spring, 1973 issue of the "Baum Bugle"

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