birth_place awards nationality birth_date article_title name
wichita falls , texas pulitzer prize - editorial cartooning 20px 25 july 1959 signe wilkinson
 signe wilkinson
signe wilkinson

signe wilkinson -lrb- born july 25 , 1959 , in wichita falls , texas -rrb- is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the `` philadelphia daily news '' .
wilkinson is the first female cartoonist to win the pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning -lrb- 1992 -rrb- and was once named `` the pennsylvania state vegetable substitute '' by the former speaker of the pennsylvania house of representatives .
she served as president of the association of american editorial cartoonists from 1994-1995 .
in 2005 she published a collection of her work entitled `` one nation , under surveillance '' .
in 2007 , wilkinson began a syndicated daily comic strip , `` family tree '' , for united media .
she decided to end the strip in august 2011 , with the last strip appearing on august 27 .
in 2011 , wilkinson received a visionary woman award from moore college of art & design .
