Estelle Carol Biography by
Bob Simpson(1999)
Estelle
was co-founder of the Chicago Women's Graphics Collective in 1970
and a founder of the Herstory Website Project in 1999. She is the
web designer for the site. Active in the draft resistance movement
during the Viet Nam War, she joined the Chicago Women's Liberation
Union in 1969 after a stint in the Women's Radical Action Project
(WRAP) at the University of Chicago.
She is
currently the owner of a home business, Electronic Illustration and
Design. Most of her work involves illustration and graphic design
for non-profit organizations, unions, advocacy groups, magazines and
children's books. Her online portfolio is located at
www.estellegraphics.com.
With her
partner Bob Simpson, she also draws labor cartoons under the name
Carol*Simpson. Her cartoons may be seen at ww.cartoonwork.com.
She sees her current business as a continuation of the work she began
in the Women's Graphics Collective. The mother of two children. Her
daughter Dana has assisted in site production.
