Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935) combined her love of art and children and became one of America's foremost illustrators. She illustrated stories and articles for magazines including Century, Collier's Weekly, Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, McClure's, Scribners, and the Ladies' Home Journal. She did almost two hundred covers for Good Housekeeping. Jessie Wilcox Smith illustrated many books including Heidi, Little Women and A Child's Garden of Verses. She also did advertisement illustrations including Ivory Soap for Procter and Gamble.
