Margaret Fishback
Margaret Fishback, later Margaret Fishback Antolini (March 10, 1900 – September 25, 1985), was a relatively well-published American poet and prose author from the late 1920s until the 1960s. During the 1930s, she was reputed to be the highest-paid female advertising copywriter in the world. Biography. Born in Washington, D.C., she earned a degree from Goucher College before joining Macy's as a divisional advertising copywriter in 1926. During the 1930s, she was reputed to be the world's highest-paid female advertising copywriter. She was published in "The New Yorker", the "New York Herald Tribune", and  several well-known women's magazines. According to a large collection of her papers held by Duke's Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, "Fishback contributed to advertising campaigns for Arrow Shirts, Borden's, Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, Clairol, DuPont, Gimbels, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), Hanes Hosiery, Martex, Norsk, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Seagram's, Simmons Beautyrest, and Wrigley, among several others." Fishback died in Camden, Maine, at the age of 85. Fishback was married to Alberto Gastone Antolini, the chief rug buyer for Macy's, from 1935 to 1956. They had one son, Anthony Antolini. Books . An extensive selection of Fishback's poetry first published in periodicals later appeared in book form. Among these collections were the following: Fishback also wrote some books for children and collaborated with artist Hilary Knight to produce "A Child's Book of Natural History" (USA: Platt & Monk, 1969), a revision and extension of "A Child's Primer of Natural History" by Oliver Herford. She wrote a book of etiquette, "Safe Conduct: When to Behave—And Why", and a humorous guide to parenthood under the title "Look Who's a Mother! A Book About Babies for Parents, Expectant and Otherwise". Margaret