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Marguerite Martyn

Marguerite Martyn (September 26, 1878 – April 17, 1948) was an American journalist and political cartoonist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in the early 20th century. She was noted as much for her published sketches as for her articles.

Marguerite Martyn

(1878-09-26)September 26, 1878

April 17, 1948(1948-04-17) (aged 69)

Webster Groves, Missouri, U.S.

American

Journalist

1905–1939

Early life and education[edit]

Marguerite Martyn was born on September 26, 1878.[1] Her father was William E. Martyn, and her mother was Fanny Plumb of Springfield, Missouri, whose family had been in that town for four generations. William and Fanny were married in 1877. The Martyn family lived in Portland, Oregon, during the early years of Marguerite's life, and her father, a Virginian, died there at the age of 30 while employed as a St. Louis–San Francisco Railway superintendent. Her mother then studied telegraphy and was employed by the same railway company.[2][3][4]


When Marguerite was 17 years old, the family returned to Springfield, and she enrolled in an arts program at Washington University in St. Louis.[2][3]

With Helen Herron Taft
and "Ned, the Haughty Butler,"
June 25, 1908

With Helen Herron Taft and "Ned, the Haughty Butler," June 25, 1908

With Wu Ting Fang,
Chinese diplomat,
October 24, 1909

With Wu Ting Fang, Chinese diplomat, October 24, 1909

With Reed Smoot,
Senator from Utah,
October 26, 1909

With Reed Smoot, Senator from Utah, October 26, 1909

With Theophile Papin,
society arbiter,
December 18, 1910

With Theophile Papin, society arbiter, December 18, 1910

With playwright Eugene Walter, January 15, 1911

With playwright Eugene Walter, January 15, 1911

With strongwoman Katie Sandwina,
June 4, 1911

With strongwoman Katie Sandwina, June 4, 1911

With Guilford Glynn,
Iola, Kansas, city commissioner,
August 13, 1911

With Guilford Glynn, Iola, Kansas, city commissioner, August 13, 1911

With Jane Frances Winn,
author,
August 13, 1914

With Jane Frances Winn, author, August 13, 1914

At the Veiled Prophet Ball, 1916

At the Veiled Prophet Ball, 1916

Martyn included her own figure in some of her drawings.

List of sketches of notable people by Marguerite Martyn

A Coal Black Sky, January 15, 2015, quoting Martyn on St. Louis smoke in 1939

"Toll Mounts to Keep St. Louis Clean,"