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Margaret G. Hays
American writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret G. Hays (née Margaret Parker Gebbie; July 3, 1874 – September 13, 1925) was an American illustrator, cartoonist, and children's author.
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Biography
Hays was born Margaret Parker on July 3, 1874, to George, an art publisher,[1] and Mary Jane (née Fitzgerald) Gebbie. She was educated by governesses until the age of 13 when she then attended the Convent of Notre Dame.[2][1] Hayes worked with her sister, Grace Drayton, on a number of comic strips and children's books, including The Turr’ble Tales of Kaptain Kiddo.[3] Hays created post cards[1] and paper dolls,[4] and while her sister Grace Drayton is best known for creating the Campbells Soup kids, Hays created jingles for Campbells.[2] Hays best known strip is Jennie and Jack, also the Little Dog Jap,[5][6] a strip that was syndicated in 1908. Along with writing comic strips and children's illustrated books, Hays wrote poetry and was published in a number of magazines.[7]
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Personal life
Hays married Frank Allison Hays (1866–1930) in 1893.[8] He was involved in working with the Children's Novelty Company alongside his wife as a place that published paper dolls.[8] She had two children, Mary A. Huber and William Hays; Mary also was a cartoonist.[9] Hays died on September 13, 1925, in Philadelphia, aged 51 years, and is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Legacy
A concert of music that included pieces from Hays' Vegetable Verselets for Humorous Vegetarians was performed on April 29, 2012 at Virginia Tech.[10][11] Inspired by the poem 'Heart-Beets' from the collection, Tracy Cowden – then associate professor of music at Virginia Tech – worked with composer Daron Hagon to set several poems to music, with soprano Caroline Worra enlisted to sing at the concert.[11]
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