Kewpie dolls are the creation of Rose O'Neill, a child prodigy, a suffragette, and a self-trained fine artist who was the highest-paid female commercial illustrator of the early 20th century.  O'Neill created Kewpies in 1909, when they first appeared in her illustration for a popular women's magazine.  With their nude, sexless, cherubic bodies; tiny wings; small tufts of hair; … [Read more...] about Kewpie Dolls: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Codee Ratliff